Former Sahibabad MlA and Congress leader Amar Pal Sharma, lodged in Dasna jail for his alleged involvement in the murder of a local leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court. However, Sharma's release from the jail is unlikely as Ghaziabad Police have booked him under National Security Act (NSA) for his involvement in organised criminal activities.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna told The Pioneer, that he is verifying the tenure of NSA imposed against Sharma. He will extend it further if the earlier has lapsed.
Sharma was named in the murder of BJP leader Gajendra alias Gajji Bhati who was the husband of incumbent Khoda Chairperson Reena Bhati. Gajendra Bhati was murdered on September 2, 2017 in Khoda near RK memorial bordering Delhi.
Ghaziabad police had arrested Sharma after Narendra Gurjar alias Narendra Fauzi a sharp shooter and Raju named Sharma for hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Gajendra Bhati. The shooters were to be paid Rs 10 lakh for the job. Sharma had reportedly paid the Rs five lakh as advance.
Narendra Gurjar worked for the Congress leader as his private security officer. Gurjar allegedly confessed that he along with other accomplice Raju killed Bhati had murdered Bhati at Sharma's behest.
A .30 bore pistol and a bike used by the hired killers was also recovered by the police.
Yogesh Bhati, the brother of deceased, alleged that the killers also critically injured his brothers colleague Balbir Singh Chauhan purportedly out of political reasons.