Bijapur:
Highway development contractor Suresh Chandrakar, the prime accused in journalist Mukesh Chandrakar homicide case in Chhattisgarh, had allegedly hatched a conspiracy to kill him 4 to 5 days earlier than the incident, the SIT mentioned on Thursday.
He was enraged on the journalist’s information reviews highlighting alleged corruption in his street development work, the particular investigation group probing the case mentioned in an announcement.
Suresh Chandrakar had withdrawn an enormous sum of money from his checking account on December 27, 4 days earlier than the incident, it mentioned.
Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar (33) had gone lacking on January 1 and his physique was discovered on January 3 in a septic tank on a property owned by Suresh Chandrakar at Chattanpara Basti in Bijapur city.
Suresh Chandrakar was held from Hyderabad on January 5, whereas his brothers Ritesh Chandrakar and Dinesh Chandrakar and his web site supervisor Mahendra Ramteke have been arrested earlier, as per police.
“In detailed interrogation of the accused, it got here to mild that Mukesh Chandrakar was a relative of Suresh Chandrakar and was working with NDTV. He had revealed information in opposition to Suresh Chandrakar’s street development work following which an enquiry was ordered by authorities,” the SIT assertion mentioned.
“Enraged over it, Suresh had hatched a conspiracy 4 to 5 day earlier than the incident (January 1) alongside along with his brothers. Ritesh and Mahendra attacked Mukesh with an iron rod, inflicting deadly accidents in room quantity 11 of the 17 rooms within the shed. Subsequently, the physique was thrown into the septic tank which was coated with a recent concrete slab,” it added.
Dinesh Chandrakar got here after the incident within the night time of January 1 to hide proof and assist the accused escape as per the pre-planned scheme of Suresh Chandrakar, the assertion mentioned.
“Suresh Chandrakar had deliberate to remain outdoors the city on the time of the incident in order that suspicion wouldn’t fall on him. Police have seized about 4 four-wheelers, a mixer machine, the iron rod used within the incident and different bodily proof within the case. The accused had hid the iron rod used within the incident and different bodily proof within the bushes on the banks of the Nelasnar river,” the SIT mentioned.
Ritesh, Dinesh and Mahendra, as a part of a conspiracy, took two cell phones of Mukesh Chandrakar to Tumnar river, round 65 km away from Bijapur, to mislead police along with his location, it mentioned.
“After going there, they smashed the cell phones with stones and threw them within the river. A search was carried out by divers and different means however the telephones are but to be recovered,” the SIT assertion knowledgeable.
Throughout questioning, Suresh Chandrakar informed police Mukesh Chandrakar was his relative and but he was publishing information in opposition to him on his channel resulting in enquiry in opposition to his work, the SIT knowledgeable.
“The probe group saved all of the 4 accused individually and examined their mobiles for 2 days and two nights and carried out interrogation on the idea of name element data (CDR). Numerous information has been deleted on their cell phones, which the police are attempting to retrieve. Police have questioned greater than 50 folks and have additionally obtained some key proof from them,” the SIT mentioned.
The SIT has additionally been gathering detailed details about the properties of Suresh Chandrakar and his kin.
As per info obtained from banks, Suresh Chandrakar had withdrawn an enormous sum of cash from his account on December 27, 4 days earlier than the incident, which is being investigated, the SIT mentioned within the assertion.
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