Cops piece together murder sequence
20 Nov 2012 7:23 AM IST
On Monday, the Delhi police finally managed to piece together the sequence of events leading to the deaths of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep Singh in a bloody shootout in their luxurious farmhouse in south Delhi on Saturday.
A team of forensic and ballistic experts reached in the morning the sprawling 12 acre Rs 200 crore farmhouse in Chhattarpur area – which is dotted with farmhouses of the rich and powerful. A senior police official said, ‘Tension was brewing between Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep for past couple of days before their killing at a farmhouse and the former’s men had tried to take possession of another property on the same day of the incident.’
Police have so far questioned around 100 people in connection with the murders. Eleven teams of police are investigating the case.
Vivek Gogia, Joint Commissioner of Police (south-West), said the property dispute had not reached the court as far as investigators know and their mother and community elders were trying to find an amicable solution to disagreements between the brothers.
‘There was tension in the family for the couple of days before the murders. Efforts were on to find a compromise on the issue,’ Gogia said.
Talking about the sequence of events, Gogia said Ponty’s men had tried to take possession of a farmhouse in south-west Delhi’s Bijwasan other than the one in Chhattarpur where Ponty and Hardeep were killed.
He said Ponty’s men had on Saturday morning entered Chhattarpur farmhouse, beat up some of Hardeep’s men, took away their mobile phones, confined them and threw out some others. There was also firing in air, Gogia added.
A case of hurt, dacoity, abduction and trespass was registered. ‘In Bijwasan, another group belonging to Ponty tried to enter the farmhouse and tried to take possession of it. A case in this connection was registered and two persons were arrested. They were not involved in the incidents in Mehrauli,’ he said.
After receiving information about a scuffle in the farmhouse, he said they rushed to the spot and found the body of Hardeep. Six persons, including three PSOs of Ponty and driver, were there at that time.
They told police that Ponty has been taken to Fortis hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Police also recovered two pistols from the scene, Gogia said adding Delhi Police records show that Hardeep has two licenced pistols in his name.
Asked whether a call was made to police about scuffle 11:50 am Saturday regarding scuffle, about 45 minutes before the shooting incident, Gogia said one man had called and when police checked, there was nothing. ‘It was not Hardeep who called,’ he said. He said police is awaiting postmortem, ballistic and forensic reports to ascertain who fired at whom.
A team of forensic and ballistic experts reached in the morning the sprawling 12 acre Rs 200 crore farmhouse in Chhattarpur area – which is dotted with farmhouses of the rich and powerful. A senior police official said, ‘Tension was brewing between Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep for past couple of days before their killing at a farmhouse and the former’s men had tried to take possession of another property on the same day of the incident.’
Police have so far questioned around 100 people in connection with the murders. Eleven teams of police are investigating the case.
Vivek Gogia, Joint Commissioner of Police (south-West), said the property dispute had not reached the court as far as investigators know and their mother and community elders were trying to find an amicable solution to disagreements between the brothers.
‘There was tension in the family for the couple of days before the murders. Efforts were on to find a compromise on the issue,’ Gogia said.
Talking about the sequence of events, Gogia said Ponty’s men had tried to take possession of a farmhouse in south-west Delhi’s Bijwasan other than the one in Chhattarpur where Ponty and Hardeep were killed.
He said Ponty’s men had on Saturday morning entered Chhattarpur farmhouse, beat up some of Hardeep’s men, took away their mobile phones, confined them and threw out some others. There was also firing in air, Gogia added.
A case of hurt, dacoity, abduction and trespass was registered. ‘In Bijwasan, another group belonging to Ponty tried to enter the farmhouse and tried to take possession of it. A case in this connection was registered and two persons were arrested. They were not involved in the incidents in Mehrauli,’ he said.
After receiving information about a scuffle in the farmhouse, he said they rushed to the spot and found the body of Hardeep. Six persons, including three PSOs of Ponty and driver, were there at that time.
They told police that Ponty has been taken to Fortis hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Police also recovered two pistols from the scene, Gogia said adding Delhi Police records show that Hardeep has two licenced pistols in his name.
Asked whether a call was made to police about scuffle 11:50 am Saturday regarding scuffle, about 45 minutes before the shooting incident, Gogia said one man had called and when police checked, there was nothing. ‘It was not Hardeep who called,’ he said. He said police is awaiting postmortem, ballistic and forensic reports to ascertain who fired at whom.
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