NRI murder: Security guards’ bail plea rejected

A city court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of two security guards arrested in connection with the murder of NRI student Anmol Sarna after a party on the night of 17 September.

Metropolitan magistrate Deepak Wason rejected the bail applications of Surender Bali (40) and Naresh Mishra (60), who were deployed as guards at the South Park Apartments in Kalkaji and are currently in Tihar Jail till 30 September.

The court denied them bail saying the probe is at an initial stage and the allegations against the duo are also very serious in nature.

It also said that when the other four accused, who have not been arrested directly for the murder of Anmol, were also not granted bail by this court, then how can it (the court) grant bail to the guards, who have been booked under section 302 (murder) of the IPC.

The court on 20 September had rejected the bail pleas of Anmol’s friends — Shivank Gambhir, Madhav Bhandari, Pranil Shah and Ritham Girhotra — who all were partying together.