3 held for murder of ex-BSP councillor

Ghaziabad:  Five months after a former BSP councillor was shot dead in Indirapuram, police today claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of three persons.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Atul Yadav said that on a tip-off, the three accused – Kiran Pal Singh, Nitin Kasana and Narendra Fauji of Chirodi village – were arrested from a food joint near Aditya Mall in Indirapuram last night.

A special team, led by SHO Gorakh Nath Yadav, was formed to crack the case, he said.

Pradeep Chaudhary, a former BSP councillor who had joined SP, was shot dead around 8.30 am on December 10 last year by three motorcycle borne assailants while he was going to a gymnasium on his bike near Mewar College.

During interrogation, Narendra, who is an ex-PSO of a BSP MLA, told police that Pradeep was killed as a result of a conspiracy hatched by Kiran Pal Singh.

Singh had purchased a disputed plot of land in Rajendra Nagar colony of Sahibabad from a Delhi-based owner at a minimal cost as it was illegally grabbed by two persons, Mahendra Pehalwan and Narendra Noodal, he said.