Close aide behind BSP leader’s murder?
27 March 2013 6:11 AM IST
A few months ago, before Deepak Bharadwaj (62), Bahujan Samajwadi Party’s richest leader from Delhi, was murdered on Tuesday morning, his younger son Nitesh (32) had lodged an FIR against him regarding a property dispute. Nitesh himself owns a well-established real estate business in the capital and outside Delhi also.
'After receiving information about the complaint lodged by his son, Bharadwaj had also filed a case against him, concerning the same property dispute. The two had been fighting about the property in question for the past two years,’ said a senior official who is investigating Bharadwaj's shoot-out case.
A close aide to the Bharadwaj family said, 'The duo had been living in separate houses for the past five years. Bhardwaj’s two sons Nitesh and Hitesh (35) started fighting over property issues and decided to stay in separate houses. Later, Bharadwaj also decided to not stay with his sons.'
An official claimed clues found at the crime scene hints at the involvement of a close aide behind the BSP leader’s murder. 'The killer was not stopped at the gate by the security, and his car, a Skoda, was allowed to enter the farmhouse in the Rajokri area. It is suspected that the killer chose the early morning, well knowing that Bharadwaj's gunman would not be accompanying him at that time.
He might have been a contract killer, hired by someone who had a personal enmity with Bharadwaj, possibly over property,' the official said.
Despite the fact that Bharadwaj was one of the richest BSP leaders from Delhi, who who stood for the Lok Sabha polls in 2009, he had a far from clean past. In 1997, Bharadwaj had taken over a 40-acre land belonging to Deputy Commissioner (south-west) in Kapasera. Bharadwaj and his son Nitesh had been arrested in the case, but the BSP leader won the case in the court. He later sold the property to someone.
After a few years, the Deputy Commissioner had filed a case in the High Court and this time the Deputy Commissioner won the case and the property was handed over to him. There were two criminal cases relating to property disputes pending against Bharadwaj in the district courts of the national capital.
'We are interrogating all the family members, guards and workers at the farmhouse. The call details of Bharadwaj are being analysed and we hope we will be able to nab the killer from the CCTV footage of the farmhouse,' the official added.
WHO IS DEEPAK BHARADWAJ
Deepak Bharadwaj was a Bahujan Samaj Party leader. During the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, he contested the poll from west Delhi on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket. He was declared the richest candidate in the 2009 polls with assets worth Rs.619 crore. A business tycoon and a real estate developer, Bharadwaj once said that his money did not come from any new age businesses but from the family's land and agricultural property worth over Rs.468 crore.
Bharadwaj had been engaged in construction business for the past 30 years. He has a township project in Haridwar in Uttaranchal and a construction company called Delhi Apartments Private Limited which has offices in Mahipalpur in Delhi.
Apart from his construction firm, he also owned hotels and schools in Delhi.
For all his landed wealth, he also had a few worries. There were two criminal cases relating to property disputes pending against him in the district courts of the national capital.
'After receiving information about the complaint lodged by his son, Bharadwaj had also filed a case against him, concerning the same property dispute. The two had been fighting about the property in question for the past two years,’ said a senior official who is investigating Bharadwaj's shoot-out case.
A close aide to the Bharadwaj family said, 'The duo had been living in separate houses for the past five years. Bhardwaj’s two sons Nitesh and Hitesh (35) started fighting over property issues and decided to stay in separate houses. Later, Bharadwaj also decided to not stay with his sons.'
An official claimed clues found at the crime scene hints at the involvement of a close aide behind the BSP leader’s murder. 'The killer was not stopped at the gate by the security, and his car, a Skoda, was allowed to enter the farmhouse in the Rajokri area. It is suspected that the killer chose the early morning, well knowing that Bharadwaj's gunman would not be accompanying him at that time.
He might have been a contract killer, hired by someone who had a personal enmity with Bharadwaj, possibly over property,' the official said.
Despite the fact that Bharadwaj was one of the richest BSP leaders from Delhi, who who stood for the Lok Sabha polls in 2009, he had a far from clean past. In 1997, Bharadwaj had taken over a 40-acre land belonging to Deputy Commissioner (south-west) in Kapasera. Bharadwaj and his son Nitesh had been arrested in the case, but the BSP leader won the case in the court. He later sold the property to someone.
After a few years, the Deputy Commissioner had filed a case in the High Court and this time the Deputy Commissioner won the case and the property was handed over to him. There were two criminal cases relating to property disputes pending against Bharadwaj in the district courts of the national capital.
'We are interrogating all the family members, guards and workers at the farmhouse. The call details of Bharadwaj are being analysed and we hope we will be able to nab the killer from the CCTV footage of the farmhouse,' the official added.
WHO IS DEEPAK BHARADWAJ
Deepak Bharadwaj was a Bahujan Samaj Party leader. During the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, he contested the poll from west Delhi on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket. He was declared the richest candidate in the 2009 polls with assets worth Rs.619 crore. A business tycoon and a real estate developer, Bharadwaj once said that his money did not come from any new age businesses but from the family's land and agricultural property worth over Rs.468 crore.
Bharadwaj had been engaged in construction business for the past 30 years. He has a township project in Haridwar in Uttaranchal and a construction company called Delhi Apartments Private Limited which has offices in Mahipalpur in Delhi.
Apart from his construction firm, he also owned hotels and schools in Delhi.
For all his landed wealth, he also had a few worries. There were two criminal cases relating to property disputes pending against him in the district courts of the national capital.
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