With arrest of two persons including a woman on Friday, Raipur police claimed to have decoded the mystery behind double murder that was committed on November 8 at Pankaj Vikram apartments, Katora Talab. The accused had killed Balram Gupta and his office assistant Geetika for looting, Superintend of Police OP Pal said on Friday.
According to police the accused were identified as Nadeem Shekh (30) native of Saki Vihar Road Pawai Mumbai and his wife Preeti Singh alias Kaynat Shekh (25). They had executed the cold blooded murder of Balram Gupta and Geetika after pre-planning, police said. “Gupta was owner of Khusi washing power and both the accused were former employee of the victim. Preeti and Nadeem Shekh had worked in the company from April till June this year. However after some dispute with Gupta both left the job,” SP told mediapersons.
Police detailing the background of both accused informed Preeti Singh was married to some other person and Nadeem Shekh too had a wife and children. However they meet in Mumbai and developed an affair, after which both left their families and got married in court. After marriage they shifted to Bangalore and due to financial crisis both reached Raipur. After reaching Raipur they saw a newspaper advertisement and came in contact with Balram Gupta and got the job. However, due to some dispute they left the job and went back to Mumbai.
In Mumbai both again had to face financial crisis. They were aware about routine of Balram Gupta and both planned to kill Balram Gupta, police said. According to the plan they reached Kanpur and purchased two countrymade pistols with live ammunition. On November 2 Preeti and Nadeem reached Raipur. They knew that generally Balram remained free in the evening hours and visitors also seldom reach his office in Pankaj Vikram apartment in the evening hours. After performing recce they went back Mumbai and again came Raipur on November 7, police claimed.
On November 8 around 6 to 7 pm they reached Pankaj Vikram apartments. Balram Gupta and his office assistant Geetia were in office at that time. Nadeem fired on Balram Gupta with country made pistol and then stabbed with a knife. In the meantime Preeti Singh overpowered and hacked Geetika Sahu, police told reporters. later on the accused duo ran away after taking cash about Rs 1.45 lakh that were in the office. On way to Mumbai they threw the weapons in some places, police said.