Five alleged killers of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya were taken to Ahmedabad from Delhi by CBI sleuths by an Indian Airlines flight amidst tight security.

According to passengers travelling by the same flight, the five accused, with hands tied and faces covered, were the first to board flight IC-817 after they were brought to the Delhi airport in a separate airline bus.

They occupied rear seats with security personnel and the CBI team before the passengers embarked.

All five of them and the team were the first to disembark at the Ahmedabad airport, from where they were taken away amidst heavy security, the passengers added.

They would be produced before a magistrate around 1000 IST and their remand sought, Crime Branch sources said.

The five ISI trained accused, including Asghar Ali, who has been identified by the CBI as the person who pulled the trigger on Pandya outside Law Garden where the latter had gone for a routine morning walk on March 26, were arrested in Hyderabad on April 17 and 18 by CBI and Andhra Pradesh police and are on transit remand.

The five alleged killers, accompanied by the CBI investigating team, were whisked away to an unknown destination straight from the Sardar Patel airport, the sources added.

Ali and his four accomplices Abdul Bakr, Abdul Rauf, Mohammad Iftekar and Mohammed Shafi would be taken to the spot outside Law Garden where Pandya was murdered and subjected to an identification parade.

The Crime Branch in Ahmedabad had earlier arrested five ISI trained persons for making an attempt on the life of Jagdish Tewari, a VHP leader, at his medical store in the Bapunagar area in March.