Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Car dealer shot dead near Dhankot, wife is a suspect Court rejects bail of boy accused of murder

- Leena Dhankhar leena.dhankhar@hindustant­imes.com

GURUGRAM: A 38-year-old businessma­n dealing in cars was shot dead allegedly by unidentifi­ed assailants near Dhankot drain, about eight kilometres from the city, on Sunday night. The police suspect the role of a former business associate of the victim’s wife in the alleged murder. A case under sections 302 (murder), 34 (common intention) and sections of the Arms Act were registered at the Rajendra Park police station on Monday against the accused, a resident of New Colony, Gurugram.

“When the police reached the spot, they saw the victim lying in a pool of blood near the rear wheel of the car. There was no sign of struggle and, prima facie, it appears that someone had shot him from a close range,” said KK Rao, commission­er of police, Gurugram.

Meanwhile, the wife of the deceased in her statement to the police on Monday has held her business partner’s husband as the person responsibl­e for her husband’s death.

She said that on August 16 this year, she had filed a case of rape against the accused, and since then he has been threatenin­g her husband to withdraw the complaint. “I know he is behind the murder and now my children too are unsafe. On several occasions, he has threatened us that he will take revenge. He is an influentia­l person. Despite my two complaints, he was never arrested,” the wife said.

The accused’s wife and victim’s wife had started a cloth business in partnershi­p in August this year.

Shortly afterwards, the accused took her to Delhi to buy the dress materials

A special children’s court on Monday rejected the bail petition of the 17-year-old juvenile, who has been accused of slitting the throat of a Class-2 student in toilet of a private school in Gurugram in Sept 2017.

This was the eight time that bail of the juvenile was rejected, since he was caught by the police last year.The accused had allegedly murdered his schoolmate with the apparent motive of getting examinatio­ns and a parentteac­her meeting postponed, as per CBI charge sheet filed at a district and sessions court.

The CBI in its 13-page reply stated that the accused juvenile, if given bail, may tamper with the evidence. CBI counsel Amit Jindal argued that if he is granted bail, he may try to abscond, which would hamper the trial. He further pointed out that the CBI in its charge sheet filed in February had listed several strands of incriminat­ing evidence against the juvenile. HTC

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? The wife has accused husband of her business partner — against whom she had filed a rape complaint — of the murder.
HT PHOTO The wife has accused husband of her business partner — against whom she had filed a rape complaint — of the murder.

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