The accused supplied name recordings as proof. (Representational picture)
A year-old homicide case has been re-opened in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut after a employed killer, who’s out on bail, approached the police for not being paid a ransom for the job, officers stated on Friday. In keeping with the police, the contract killer, Neeraj Sharma, was promised Rs 20 lakh by the conspirators to kill a lawyer, Anjali Garg final yr, however now they’ve gone again on their phrase.
On June 7, 2023, Anjali, a resident of Umesh Vihar Colony of TP Nagar police station in Meerut, was shot useless by two individuals whereas she was returning dwelling from a dairy.
The police had initially taken the sufferer’s divorced husband and in-laws into custody as they had been engaged in a property dispute. Nonetheless, they had been later launched.
In keeping with officers, the sufferer was dwelling in the home which was beneath her ex-husband, Nitin Gupta’s identify. Her in-laws later bought the property to Yashpal and Suresh Bhatia, however the sufferer was not able to vacate the home – leading to a dispute.
A couple of days into the homicide, it was revealed the property consumers had employed Sharma and two others to kill Anjali over a contract of Rs two lakhs.
5 individuals, together with Yashpal, Bhatia, Sharma, and the 2 killers who shot Anjali, had been arrested.
Now, over a yr later, Sharma – who was launched on bail – revealed that the sufferer’s in-laws and husband had been additionally concerned within the killing.
The in-laws had promised a ransom of Rs 20 lakhs and had given Rs one lakh as an advance, he informed the police. Sharma couldn’t take the remaining Rs 19 lakh attributable to his arrest. Nonetheless, now being out of jail, he approached the sufferer’s in-laws for the remaining quantity, however they refused it, Sharma stated.
In keeping with the accused-turned-complainant, the police ought to take motion and register a case towards the sufferer’s in-laws.
He has additionally supplied name recordings with the in-laws as a chunk of proof, the police stated.