New Delhi: Delhi Police have reportedly claimed to have located the car that was used by two persons to escape after killing politician Deepak Bhardwaj at his farmhouse in the city’s Nitesh Kunj area.
The Skoda car was picked up from Jind, Haryana late Tuesday night. Police have also identified the three shooters, saying they belong to Khera village in the Pooth Khurd area of northwest Delhi which is near the Delhi-Haryana border.
Several teams of the Special Task Force (STF) are reportedly conducting raids in different places to nab them. Police said that they have got vital clues in the case along with the addresses of the assailants and are on the lookout for them. Delhi Police is being assisted by their Haryana counterparts in the case. breakthrough has strengthened the suspicion that a massive land deal with a rival builder could be the motive of Bhardwaj's murder. However, the cops have not yet ruled out the involvement of a close family member. The teams are conducting raids in Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttaranchal.
Deepak Bhardwaj, 62, who made his fortune in land deals to acquire assets worth over Rs 600 crore becoming Delhi's richest candidate in the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, was shot dead on Tuesday morning at his sprawling farmhouse. The BSP leader was killed within minutes on his lawn when two men - a third was in the getaway car, a Skoda - pumped bullets into his head and chest after approaching him on the pretext of confirming a booking at the 28-acre venue for weddings, conventions and other events. The attackers then fled, with two men running out of the farmhouse, brandishing guns. The third person was driving the car.
Bhardwaj suffered two bullet injuries in his head and chest and was declared dead at the Army Research and Referral Hospital. ANI
The Skoda car was picked up from Jind, Haryana late Tuesday night. Police have also identified the three shooters, saying they belong to Khera village in the Pooth Khurd area of northwest Delhi which is near the Delhi-Haryana border.
Several teams of the Special Task Force (STF) are reportedly conducting raids in different places to nab them. Police said that they have got vital clues in the case along with the addresses of the assailants and are on the lookout for them. Delhi Police is being assisted by their Haryana counterparts in the case. breakthrough has strengthened the suspicion that a massive land deal with a rival builder could be the motive of Bhardwaj's murder. However, the cops have not yet ruled out the involvement of a close family member. The teams are conducting raids in Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttaranchal.
Deepak Bhardwaj, 62, who made his fortune in land deals to acquire assets worth over Rs 600 crore becoming Delhi's richest candidate in the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, was shot dead on Tuesday morning at his sprawling farmhouse. The BSP leader was killed within minutes on his lawn when two men - a third was in the getaway car, a Skoda - pumped bullets into his head and chest after approaching him on the pretext of confirming a booking at the 28-acre venue for weddings, conventions and other events. The attackers then fled, with two men running out of the farmhouse, brandishing guns. The third person was driving the car.
Bhardwaj suffered two bullet injuries in his head and chest and was declared dead at the Army Research and Referral Hospital. ANI
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