Two sons of INLD leader Nafe Singh Rathi, who was killed in an attack in Haryana, received a threatening call from an unknown number on Thursday, asking them not to talk to the media about the murder. Police said that investigation into the matter has been started. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Haryana unit president Rathi and party worker Jaikishan were killed by unidentified assailants by indiscriminately firing on their vehicle in Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar on Sunday.
INLD leader Rathi’s nephew Kapoor Singh Rathi said that his uncle’s elder son Bhupinder and younger son Jatinder have received 18 threatening calls from unknown numbers. He said, ‘The caller also sent us a picture of a weapon, in which he claimed that if we did not stop talking to the media, he would use it to eliminate the family.
Gangster Kapil Sangwan took responsibility for the murder
Kapoor Singh Rathi said that Bhupinder’s wife is a councilor and Jatinder is also a councilor in Bahadurgarh. Earlier, Haryana Police on Thursday said that it is investigating the social media post of alleged UK-based gangster Kapil Sangwan in which he has taken responsibility for the murder of Nafe Singh Rathi.
Jhajjar police said they are investigating a social media post by Sangwan allegedly taking responsibility for the murder. The post also claimed that Rathi had a close friendship with Sangwan’s rival gangster. Jhajjar Police said that we are investigating the post and the claims made in it. He said that till now a case has been registered against 15 people in the murder case.
attempt to mislead the investigation
When Kapoor Singh Rathi was asked to comment on Sangwan’s alleged social media post, he rejected the idea of any gang rivalry behind the two murders. He said that Rathi Saheb had never received any threat from any gang, nor did he have any enmity with any gang or gangster. I think this is a strategy that the accused might be adopting to mislead the investigators.
Former BJP MLA also nominated
He said that if anyone had noticed, the Facebook account had been activated only a few hours before the post was uploaded. A few hours later, when the post went viral, the account was closed. Police have named former BJP MLA Naresh Kaushik and others in the FIR lodged on Monday. Five other unidentified accused have also been mentioned in the report.
murder by indiscriminate firing
This case has been registered under various sections including Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act. In the complaint given to the police, Nafe Singh Rathi’s nephew Rakesh said that five unknown killers were chasing his car and during this time they came out of the car near Barahi railway crossing and fired indiscriminately at him and killed him.
Investigation will be handed over to CBI
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said on Monday that the investigation into the murder of INLD’s state unit chief will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Senior INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala accused the BJP-JJP government of not providing security to Rathi despite the threat to his life.
