DP Yadav surrenders in court, sent to jail

In connection with the 1992 murder of the then Dadri (Ghaziabad) MlA Mahendra Singh Bhati, DP Yadav, former MP, surrendered before a CBI court in Dehradun on Monday. He along with three others was convicted of the crime on February 28 this year. The sentences would be pronounced on Tuesday.  It should be mentioned here that Bhati along with his aide was murdered by car-borne unidentified persons on Bhagel Road (Railway crossing), Dadri (Ghaziabad) on September 13, 1992.

On February 28 this year, the CBI court had convicted four persons - DP Yadav, Pal Singh alias lakkarpala, Karan Yadav and Praneet Bhati. In this case, the four accused were pronounced guilty of murder, attempt to murder and conspiracy. Yadav reached Dehradun in an ambulance from Delhi on Monday and surrendered in the court. The court sent him to Suddhowala jail.

Earlier, the CBI had filed charge-sheets against the accused DP Yadav, Pal Singh alias lakkarpala, Tejpal Bhati, Karan Yadav, Praneet Bhati, Aalad Ali, Maharaj Singh and Jaipal Gujjar in 1996. Four of the accused named Tejpal Bhati, Aalad Ali, Maharaj Singh and Jaipal Gujjar against whom charge-sheets were filed by the CBI died later.  

 On February 28, Yadav had not appeared in the CBI court, citing illness. The three other convicts - lakkarpala, Karan Yadav and Praneet Bhati - who had appeared during the hearing in the CBI court on February 28 had been sent to Suddhowala jail. The court had directed Yadav who had been in Delhi to surrender by March 9.

About 23 years ago, the then Dadri Ghaziabad MlA Bhati was shot dead with AK- 47 by some car-borne unidentified persons on Bhagel Road (Railway crossing), Dadri. Following political pressure, the case was handed over to the CBI. After conducting investigation, the CBI had filed charge-sheets against the eight persons, including DP Yadav, for murder of MlA Bhati.