New Delhi, 2nd April: Three accused, arrested in the killing of BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj on Tuesday refused to undergo the test identification parade (TIP) in a Delhi court.
The accused, including Sunil Mann (26) and Purushottam Rana (30) who had allegedly shot dead 62-year-old Bhardwaj on March 26 in his farmhouse in south Delhi’s Rajokri area, were produced before Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Prashant Sharma
The court marked the application to MM Jasjeet Kaur where Rana, Mann and third accused Amit, who was allegedly driving the car used by the shooters. MM Kaur asked the trio, who had their faces muffled, as whether they were willing to undergo TIP but they refused claiming that the police had already clicked their photographs.
During the proceedings, the Delhi Police moved an application seeking their TIP.
The public prosecutor, however, opposed the plea saying it will not be feasible because there is a possibility that Mann may be taken out of Delhi for further investigation in the case and it may include some places where hospital facility may not be available.
The prosecutor said to the court that their probe into the case is going on and the police are investigating the case from all possible angles.
After hearing the arguments from both the sides, MM Sharma reserved his order which will be pronounced later on Tuesday.
The magistrate was angry with the conduct of the persons who were accompanying Mann yesterday and had refused to hear the matter.
The police had issued look out circulars against Rana and Sunil. Amit was detained by the police on March 31 and was formally arrested yesterday.
Bhardwaj was the richest candidate in the last Lok Sabha elections with declared assets of over Rs 600 crore. A real estate tycoon, he also ran educational institutions.
The police are also looking into the role of an insider who might have tipped off the killers about the movement of Bhardwaj and the topography of the farmhouse.
Around 40 employees were inside the around 25 acre farmhouse at the time of the incident. However, the two Personal Security Officers of Bhardwaj were not with him or inside the farmhouse when he was shot.
Bureau Report
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