New Delhi: Delhi Police yesterday said they have questioned around 20 people in connection with the murder of billionaire realtor and BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj on Tuesday. Those quizzed include his wife and younger son.
The 62-year-old real estate tycoon was shot dead by two unidentified men in his farmhouse here. Bhardwaj’s wife was questioned because police wanted to know if she had a grudge against her husband since she was living separately in Dwarka with younger son Nitish for several months, a police officer close to the probe said. The officer did not want to be named.
The officer said South Delhi special staff and local police also questioned Nitesh, 32, since he had filed a police case against his father some months ago and in turn, Bhardwaj had lodged a complaint against his son.
Police want to know the reason behind the cross-complaints. They are still working on the rivalry theory over property or family disputes, the officer said.
Metro shooter commits suicide
New Delhi: The man who allegedly shot dead his wife and critically injured her father has committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, police said yesterday.
“Pawan Kumar committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near a railway station in Muradnagar in Uttar Pardesh,” a police officer said.
The body was found by the Government Railway Police (GRP) early morning, who informed police, he said.
Deepti, 25, was killed on Tuesday and her father Bishan Das, 55, was critically injured when her estranged husband Pawan Kumar shot them outside the Karkardooma Metro station in east Delhi. Deepti was taken to the Deepak Memorial Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
Four perish in
UP village fire
Lucknow: Four people, including two children, were killed when a fire broke out in their house in an Uttar Pradesh village early yesterday, police said. The fire was triggered when a burning kerosene lamp fell down in the house in Amapur village of Kasganj district, some 300km from here, a police official said.
The dead have been identified as Basanti (30), Arjun (3), Gudiya (3) and Gauri (26). While Basanti, Arjun and Gudiya died in the fire even before they could be rescued, Gauri was rushed to a nearby medical facility where she succumbed during treatment, the official added.
IANS
