Sensational killing of president of Junior Bar Association in Kanahi area of Pratapgarh, Rajdutt Mishra, on December 19 last, and the murder of another advocate Prabhakar aka Meenu Singh, on last Monday, were just a fall out over enmity between the two groups over extorting money through registry office.
While Prabhakar orchestrated murder of Mishra, he too met the same fate just as he not paid the `Supari’ (Contract money to execute crime) to the killers. The above sensational facts has been revealed after the local police claimed to have arrested one of the killers on Wednesday morning.
Disclosing the above facts here on Wednesday evening, IG (law and order) Amrendra Sengar claimed that the Pratapgarh police arrested one Vikram Singh, and recovered a motorcycle and weapon both used in the crime on Wednesday. Sengar claimed that Vikram Singh during interrogation revealed the sensational fact that Prabhakar was killed just as he refused to pay them a supari of Rs 1.5 lakh. Vikram Singh said that Prabhakar and president of Junior Bar Association, Rajdutt Mishra had a dispute over extortion made from the registry office of the local thesil in Pratapgarh. He disclosed that after Mishra, used his influence to shift the registry office from Thesil Bhawan to Collectrate, Prabhakar get a major shock as the local staff stopped paying him his share. According to Vikram, upset with Mishra’s move of getting the registry office shifted, Prabhakar gave a supari of Rs 2 lakh to hardened criminal Vikas Singh, hailing from Azamgarh and carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000. He claimed that as per the directions, he along with Vikas Singh, and other associates sprayed Mishra with bullets at Kanhai locality ofDecember 19 last, when the victim was on his way to court.
Vikram further revealed that later as Prabhakar refused to pay remaining Rs 1.5 lakh so they planned to eliminate him and as per the plan, he along with Vikas Singh, Pradeep Saroj, both residents of Pratapgarh, and Satish, hailing from Jaunpur, sprayed Prabhakar with bullets and escaped. Sengar claimed that they will now making efforts to nab Vikas Singh and Satish Singh, who both were absconding.
It may be mentioned that president of Junior Bar Association, Rajdutt Mishra, was sprayed with bullets in Kanahi area of Pratapgarh onDecember 19 last year. The killing rocked the entire district and after the lawyers went on rampage, state government shifted than district police chief. However, on last Monday, another advocate Prabhakar Singh, was murdered inside court compound in broad daylight. His killing once again upset the lawyers community after which the High Court took cognizance and issued necessary others to take immediate action. Finallyon Wednesday, Pratapgarh police arrested one of the killer and claimed to have opened the case.