Crime & Safety

Kennesaw Man Arrested in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Scheme

The suspect allegedly tried to pay a GBI agent posing as a hitman to kill his wife.

Credit: Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

A Kennesaw man is behind bards at the Cobb County jail after being arrested in the course of a murder-for-hire investigation.

A GBI investigation revealed that Amin Zariwala attempted to hire a hitman to kill his wife last November, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. The man Zariwala spoke to was in fact an undercover agent, and Zariwala was arrested on Thursday.

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According to Cobb County jail records, Zariwala remains behind bars without bond on one charge of felony criminal solicitation.

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