New Delhi: Delhi Police yesterday announced a reward of Rs100,000 for information on Swami Pratibhanand, one of the main accused in the murder of BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj.
Pratibhanand, 48, has travelled to at least seven cities in separate states since the March 26 murder of Bhardwaj at his farmhouse in south Delhi.
Pratibhanand, a resident of Beed district in Maharashtra, is suspected to have travelled to Nanded in Maharashtra, Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, Haridwar in Uttrakhand, Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Bangalore in Karnataka, Patna in Bihar, and Kolkata in West Bengal since the murder.
“We have declared a reward of Rs100,000 to anyone who will provide information to Delhi Police about Pratibhanand,” said a police officer. The officer said the swami, who usually wore saffron clothes, was now wearing shirts and trousers to avoid detection.
Police have released a sketch of Pratibhanand and questioned over 20 people at Jhajjar in Haryana, where he was living before absconding.
Pratibhanand had received a contract of Rs20m to arrange gunmen to eliminate Bhardwaj. He was also provided a token amount of Rs300,000-Rs400,000.
IANS
