Bharadwaj’s son held for plotting murder
10 April 2013 7:27 AM IST
On Tuesday, Delhi police arrested Nitesh, 36, the younger son of the BSP leader Deepak Bharadwaj who was murdered on 26 March at his 35-acre farmhouse in what is being regarded as multi-layered conspiracy. It is also learned that though Rs 5 crore had been agreed upon as the price of the contract for killing him, only Rs 50 lakh has actually been spent so far.
Deputy Commisioner of Police (south) Chhaya Sharma, said, ‘Nitesh confided his crime late Monday evening. He agreed that he planned the murder of his father and approached Baljeet Singh, an advocate’
Delhi police had arrested Singh, a common friend of Bharadwaj and Nitesh, on Sunday. But the police is yet to find out the real motive behind Bharadwaj’s murder from the accused. Interestingtly, Nitesh was detained at Vasant Kunj police station three days ago. Until now, the Delhi police claim that all Nitesh told them was that he had a strained relationship with his father for nearly a decade. Last year, Bharadwaj had apparently prevented Nitesh from entering the farmhouse, where he was eventually killed.
Meanwhile, the credit for solving the murder is being contested by different factions of the Delhi police. According to Chhaya Sharma, south Delhi police solved the murder mystery. But sources say the initial investigation by the crime branch played a major role. It was because of that the main shooters – Purushottam Rana alias Monu and Sunil Mann alias Sonu – could be arrested outside Patiala court.
In October 2012, when Baljeet agreed to take up the contract for killing, he demanded Nitesh to sponsor him to contest from the Mahipalpur assembly. But Nitesh denied his demand and offered him Rs 5 crore instead. As a token amount, Rs 50 lakh was given to Baljeet. He knew Mahant Pratibhanand, who later became an important part of the conspiracy, as the godman was in need of Rs 1.5 crore to purchase an ashram, the police said, quoting Baljeet. He had apparently offered Pratibhanand a deal for Rs 2 crore and the shooters were given Rs 1 crore.
Even though Delhi police is aware of the prominent role played by Pratibhanand, they failed to nab him a week ago. Earlier, Chhaya Sharma claimed that the car used in the crime had a fake registration number. But, later it came to light that the registration number was in fact real. The whole ‘hide-and-seek’ game was to shield Delhi police’s failure: despite the cops being aware of the registration number, the accused managed to cross Delhi-NCR.
Deputy Commisioner of Police (south) Chhaya Sharma, said, ‘Nitesh confided his crime late Monday evening. He agreed that he planned the murder of his father and approached Baljeet Singh, an advocate’
Delhi police had arrested Singh, a common friend of Bharadwaj and Nitesh, on Sunday. But the police is yet to find out the real motive behind Bharadwaj’s murder from the accused. Interestingtly, Nitesh was detained at Vasant Kunj police station three days ago. Until now, the Delhi police claim that all Nitesh told them was that he had a strained relationship with his father for nearly a decade. Last year, Bharadwaj had apparently prevented Nitesh from entering the farmhouse, where he was eventually killed.
Meanwhile, the credit for solving the murder is being contested by different factions of the Delhi police. According to Chhaya Sharma, south Delhi police solved the murder mystery. But sources say the initial investigation by the crime branch played a major role. It was because of that the main shooters – Purushottam Rana alias Monu and Sunil Mann alias Sonu – could be arrested outside Patiala court.
In October 2012, when Baljeet agreed to take up the contract for killing, he demanded Nitesh to sponsor him to contest from the Mahipalpur assembly. But Nitesh denied his demand and offered him Rs 5 crore instead. As a token amount, Rs 50 lakh was given to Baljeet. He knew Mahant Pratibhanand, who later became an important part of the conspiracy, as the godman was in need of Rs 1.5 crore to purchase an ashram, the police said, quoting Baljeet. He had apparently offered Pratibhanand a deal for Rs 2 crore and the shooters were given Rs 1 crore.
Even though Delhi police is aware of the prominent role played by Pratibhanand, they failed to nab him a week ago. Earlier, Chhaya Sharma claimed that the car used in the crime had a fake registration number. But, later it came to light that the registration number was in fact real. The whole ‘hide-and-seek’ game was to shield Delhi police’s failure: despite the cops being aware of the registration number, the accused managed to cross Delhi-NCR.
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