Builder found murdered in Maharashtra
Akola (MAharashtra) : A reputed city builder and property broker was found murdered in an agricultural field at Somthana Shivar near here, police said on Wednesday. The victim, identified as Kishore Khatri (45) was found dead in a pool of blood with his throat slit and two bullets pumped into his body, District Superintendent of Police, Chandrakishore Meena said. The victim had partnership in a big complex under construction near former Chitra cinema hall in the heart of the city. Ranjeet Sing Chungade, former MNS district chief was also a partner in the complex project. The family of the has deceased alleged that Khatri was taken in a car last afternoon by Chungde after which he allegedly went ‘missing’. They also accused him of killing Khatri over the property dispute. Meanwhile, the car belonging to Chungde was seized and blood marks were found on it. Also, two sons of Chungde have been taken into custody, police said adding further investigations are on. (PTI)
HC acquits policeman sentenced in fake encounter case
Patna: Setting aside a CBI court order, Patna High Court on Tuesday released eight police personnel, including one who was awarded death sentence last year, in a case of fake encounter here in which three youths were killed 12 years ago. A division bench of Justice V N Sinha and Justice Jitendra Mohan Sharma freed the eight accused for want of evidence against them.The special CBI court had in June last year announced death penalty for former Shashtri Nagar police station house officer Shamse Alam for killing three youths in a fake encounter at Sammelan Market at Ashiana Nagar in December 2002.Seven other convicts including a deputy superintendent of police were awarded life imprisonment by the same court.The three youths — Vikas Ranjan, Prashant and Himanshu Yadav – were gunned down on December 28, 2002. The police had initially claimed that the trio were members of a notorious gang and had gone to the market for committing crime.The HC ordered the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to the families of each of the three youths. (PTI)
