Maya minister booked in murder case

The police on Saturday lodged an FIR at Kotwali police station against Narain and his alleged associates Manoj Agarwal,Rohtan Singh,Ajay Pratap and Yashveer Singh under various sections of IPC including 302 (murder) on the complaint of Sanjeev’s father Shiv Kumar Sikarwar.

Kotwali Station Officer Chandra Bhan Singh said the FIR was lodged following Allahabad High Court’s directions. Singh said the then Krishna Nagar police outpost in-charge has also been booked for allegedly distorting evidence. Sikarwar has alleged that the outpost in-charge had filled the panchnama of Sanjeev,mentioning the body as unidentified,although he knew its identity.

Mathura’s Additional SP (City) Raju Babu Singh said the FIR had been lodged on the basis of Sikarwar’s complaint as directed by the Allahabad High Court. Last year,the state government had ordered a Crime Branch-CID inquiry. However,the High Court ordered the Mathura SSP that an FIR be lodged on the complaint of Sikarwar.

Sikarwar,a private bus driver,said his son was a police informer and used to report illegal activities. He had also raised the alarm over alleged black-marketing and adulteration of diesel in Chhata area of Mathura by Narain and his associates,said Sikarwar.

In his application,which he sent to the SSP,DIG and IG of Mathura on October 12 last year,Sanjeev had said there was a threat to his life from people against whom he had tipped off the local police. Sanjeev had mentioned the names of Lakshmi Narain,Manoj Agarwal,Yashveer Singh and Ajay Pratap in his complaint.

“On October 27,Sanjeev’s mutilated body was found on a railway track in Mathura. The post-mortem report said Sanjeev had ante-mortem injuries on his head,hand and chest and the death was caused by a heavy blow. One of his legs was dismembered.

Narain said the allegations against him were false. He said the police had already probed the case and concluded that Sanjeev died in an accident,adding, he was being targeted by his political rivals and the complainant of the case was their driver. He said he was not known to the other accused persons who were allegedly his associates.