MLA murder 8212; Investigations hinge on mystery mobile call

Kamal Nath has met with the CM as well as the state police chief in Saharanpur. The role of the local police has come under a cloud since they reached late even though Singh informed that he was being attacked. SSP Mukul Goyal and two policemen have been suspended.

The slain MLA had played a crucial role in gathering the support of MLAs of other parties to prop up the then Kalyan Singh government. He was also instrumental in propping up the Rajnath Singh government.

In fact, Sharma had fixed a meeting between the CM and legislators of other parties willing to lent support to Singh8217;s government. The meeting was to have been held in Hardwar, and would have proved Rajnath8217;s repeated assertions that there was no threat to his government after the creation of Uttaranchal.

STF sleuths are also probing rivalry between Sharma and the locally powerful Guddu Kala gang. Two persons of the Kala gang have been taken into custody. But Hemendra Kumar, Principal Secretary home admitted that 8220;There is no progress in the brutal murder so far.8221;