Moradabad. Police have arrested two accused in the murder of Sambhal’s BJP leader and BDC member Anuj Chaudhary. On Wednesday, the police busted the murder case by arresting Aniket, son of Asmoli block head Santosh Devi, and his friend railway clerk Neeraj Pal in this case. Both the accused had given supari to the shooters for Rs 30 lakh to get the BJP leader killed. However, the three shooters are still absconding along with the block chief husband involved in the incident.
The murder was carried out in electoral rivalry
In the Police Line Auditorium on Wednesday, SSP Hemraj Meena told that the murder was carried out due to electoral enmity. He told that BJP leader Anuj Chaudhary, a resident of Aliya Nekpur under Aichoda Kamboh police station area of Sambhal district, lived in Parshwanath Pratibha Society located in New Moradabad. On August 10, at 6 pm, three bike-borne youths shot dead Anuj while he was walking in the society.
In this case, Sandeep Singh, a friend of the deceased, resident of Salamatpur village of Amroha, lodged an FIR for murder against Prabhakar Chaudhary, son Aniket, Amit Kumar and Pushpendra, resident of Hajibeda block chief of Aichoda Kamboh police station area. After investigation, the police arrested the accused Aniket and his friend railway clerk Neeraj Pal.
What did the accused tell during interrogation?
The accused told during interrogation that on December 2, 2020, there was a fatal attack on Mohit Chaudhary, a resident of Bhawalkheda, Sambhal in Amroha. The conspiracy of the attack was hatched by BJP leader Anuj Chowdhary. Anuj and Mohit were preparing to contest the election of District Panchayat member from the same ward. Due to this there was enmity between the two. Anuj had organized the attack to get Mohit killed.
In 2022, Mohit Chowdhary is lodged in the Bareilly Central Jail after being sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of student leader Deepak Chauhan. After both the incidents, Mohit’s brother Amit Chaudhary was trying to take revenge from Anuj Chaudhary. Meanwhile, Amit befriended Aniket, the son of the block chief.
30 lakh betel nut given for murder
Anuj Chowdhary was preparing to bring a no-confidence motion against the Asmoli block chief. Both of them gave contract to their friend Neeraj Pal resident of Railway Colony Harthala Moradabad to get the shooters to kill Anuj for Rs 30 lakh. In this conspiracy, Aniket joined his father Prabhakar and Amit also joined his brother Pushpendra. Accused Neeraj Pal gave an advance of Rs.6 lakh to shooter Suryakant Sharma alias Shanu, Sushil Sharma alias Golu resident of Brahmapuri Jayantipur police station Majhola and Akash Kashyap alias Katwa resident of Bhadaura police station Katghar for the murder of Anuj.
The accused got the three shooters a flat on rent in Anuj’s society on 15 July 2023. The shooters stayed there and started tracing Anuj’s location. All the three shooters used to go to the society wearing doctors’ aprons, so that people do not get suspicious. It was decided that the day when the gunner would not be with Anuj Chaudhary, the murder would be done on the same day. On August 10, as soon as Anuj went out for a walk without the gunner, the three shooters fired at him and killed him. SP City Akhilesh Bhadoria said that two pistols, four cartridges have been recovered from the arrested accused, both were sent to jail after being produced in the court.
Aniket had given the flat to the shooters
Block Pramukh’s son Aniket had given a flat in the society for the shooters to stay. He used to handle the food and drink arrangements as well. For almost a month, the shooter kept following Anuj Chowdhary like a shadow. Being a government and private gunner, he was not getting a chance to kill.
Canteen opened in front of Bright Star Hospital for Reiki
To do the recce of the BJP leader, the shooter Sushil Sharma alias Golu had opened the canteen in front of the Bright Star Hospital near the society and sat down. During this, whenever he used to come out in front of the hospital, his information was given to the residents of the flat, so that while getting down from the car, there would be such an opportunity and he would be killed.
The conspiracy of murder started hatching only after the sentence of life imprisonment
On January 2, 2014, student leader Deepak Chauhan was murdered by Mohit Chowdhary and Rohit Chowdhary in Moradabad’s Ashiana Colony. In this case, on October 19, 2022, the court sentenced Mohit Chaudhary and Rohit Chaudhary to life imprisonment. After the sentence of life imprisonment, both started plotting the murder. Meanwhile, the controversy over the block chief election also came to the fore. After which Mohit Chaudhary’s brother Amit Chaudhary and Aniket, who were in jail, conspired together to kill Anuj. To execute the murder, both had planned meetings in different places of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.