‘Jonny Dada’ took digital route to spread the ‘deadly word’
LUCKNOW: The writing was on the ‘wall’… and it hinted at the ‘deadly intentions’ of Ashwani Kumar alias ‘Jonny Dada’, 33, who is the prime suspect in three sensational murders that have rocked western UP’s Bijnor district over the past five days.
Kumar posted multiple text messages, Tik Tok videos and photographs on his Facebook wall, expressing his aggression towards people who insulted him and even warned them to not mess with him. He also posted a message stating that he was going to destroy everything. Another message read, ‘I am going to leave this life.’
Kumar allegedly shot dead local BJP leader Bhim Singh Kashyap’s son Chandra Bhushan alias ‘Rahul’, 24, and his cousin Krishna alias ‘Lala’, 25, after calling them for a liquor party in Bijnor’s Badhapur locality on September 26.
He struck again when he shot dead a former air hostess Nikita Sharma, 27, after barging into her house on Monday afternoon. Since then, he is suspected to be hiding in the forest areas of Daulatabad where search operations were on to nab him, said police.
IG (law and order) Praveen Kumar said the accused seemed to be a fanatic who committed crimes to settle personal scores.
“Police teams have surrounded the jungle area of Daulatabad,
where he is suspected to be hiding for the past three days. He will be arrested soon. A reward of ₹25,000 has been declared on his arrest,” he said
While scanning his social media account (with changed name of Aditya Rajpoot), the police found many strange messages and videos posted on its wall. “Now, when we are connecting the messages with Jonny’s alleged act of revenge, they hint at his plans to commit crimes,” said a Bijnor police official. He shared a few messages posted on Kumar’s Facebook wall. They read – ‘I will go for the kill if I am annoyed’, ‘Gusse ayega toh phir main maroonga’ and ‘Mujhe maut se zyada apni izzat pyari hai’.
Kumar also wrote on his Facebook wall that he was going to destroy everything, added the official. The official said the last post on Kumar’s wall was on August 18, after which he allegedly killed the two cousin brothers. Around a year ago, the two brothers had reportedly insulted Kumar when they made him roam around bare body over some petty issue, he added.
“Jonny intentionally made friends with them again around a month back and invited them for a liquor party at a secluded place near their house and allegedly shot them dead. Then, he disappeared from there,” he stated.
On Monday afternoon, Jonny barged into the house of Nikita Sharma on whom he once had a crush and shot her.
The woman suffered multiple wounds and later succumbed to injuries in a Moradabad hospital, said the official.
He said her marriage was scheduled in November and the attacker was apparently upset over it.