Candidate of Rashtriya lok Dal (RlD) from Khurja Assembly seat, Manoj Gautam, had orchestrated the killing of his brother and one of his supporters just to attract ‘sympathy vote’. The sensational fact has been revealed by the Bulundshahr police who arrested Manoj along with two other killers on Wednesday morning.
Senior Superintendent of Police in Bulundshahr, Soniya Singh, while revealing the breakthrough within 24-hours of sensational double murder, claimed that Manoj Gautam had planned murder of his brother and supporter just to gain sympathy of voters. She said that they arrested Manoj Gautam, along with the two hired killers Pavendra and Firoz and also recovered pistol, which is used in killing.
The cops reportedly get success as one of the killer Pavendra, was spotted with the victims just before their murder and on Tuesday, he was found absconding so the cops rounded him and during grilling, he broke down and revealed that how victim’s brother had orchestrated killing to gain sympathy vote. All the three accused were sent to jail.
It may be mentioned that tension gripped in poll bound Bulundshahr district after brother of the RlD contestant Manoj Gautam along with one another was found murdered under mysterious circumstances. The bullet-riddled bodies of both the victims were recovered in Khurja area on Tuesday morning. Interestingly, the news of sensational double murder went like wild fire and within no time, hundreds of supporters of the RlD leader gathered and staged a strong protest. They demanded arrest of the accused. The protest ended after senior police officers somehow managed to convince that the criminal will be brought to book at earliest.
Vinod Kumar Gautam (24), brother of Manoj Kumar Gautam, had went to attend a public meeting of his brother at Jatiya Polytechnic Ground in Khurja on Monday evening. later Vinod along with another supporter Sachin (25) left the venue and went missing after that. The family members launched a search and also informed the local police but both were untraced. The matter took an ugly turn when bodies of both the victims were found lying in fields by the local villagers on Tuesday morning. The Scorpio of the victims was found abandoned near Highway Bridge, about half a kilometer from where the bodies were recovered. Both victims had bullet injury marks and local police claimed that circumstantial evidences suggested that they were killed somewhere else and later their bodies were dumped and the vehicle was also abandoned.