Eight persons booked in ex-BSP leader’s murder case

KANPUR: Police have booked eight persons for the shootout which took place on Saturday at JK Ashiana Colony in Chakeri police area of the city, which snuffed out the life of the ex-BSP leader Narendra Singh alias Pintu Sengar.
Sengar, a resident of C block Mangala Vihar Chakeri, was shot dead at around 1 pm as soon as he alighted his Innova driven by his driver Rupesh.
According to police, on the complaint of the deceased's brother Dharmendra Singh an FIR has been registered against Mohd Asif, Pappu Smart, Saud Akhtar, Deenu Upadhyai, Arindam Singh, Mahfooz Akhtar, Manoj Gupta and one other for their involvement in the attack.
A senior police official, privy to the investigation, said the incident apparently was the fall out of some kind of property deal that went wrong.
“Investigation to corroborate the same is still continuing. Several suspects have been picked up and their questioning is underway in this regard,” he said.
SP (East) Raj Kumar Agarwal said that four police teams have been formed, which are zeroing in on the perpetrators of the crime with the help of CCTV footage accessed from the crime spot and they would be nabbed soon.
“A case has been registered under sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 34 of the IPC and section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act”, Agarwal further said Agarwal.
The forensic and fingerprint teams were pressed into service to collect evidence. Several shells of spent bullets of .32 bore were recovered from the spot.
Initial investigation has revealed that Pintu's meeting was to be held with some people at the JK Ashiana colony area on Saturday to resolve their property dispute.
The shooters, who numbered around four, already knew about the movement of Pintu, who was neither expecting nor was he prepared for the attack, according to sources. Police on the basis of CCTV footage of the incident, will also recreate the sequence of events.
Pintu had made headlines in 2010 when he gifted a 3-acre plot on the Moon to then UP chief minister Mayawati on her birthday.