BULANDSHAHR: UP Police — which was scratching its head over a murder case for nearly two weeks — on Friday claimed to have solved the mysterious killing of a 48-year-old property dealer, Tejpal Singh, whose body was recovered from his home in Bulandshahr on November 15. Investigations revealed a sordid saga where the hunter had become the hunted.
Singh had hired two contract killers to eliminate his wife but the killers, unable to execute the murder, instead turned upon Singh since they did not want to part with the Rs 3 lakh advance paid to them by him.
Police said Tejpal was shot dead in his house in the Kakod area. The place was locked from outside and cops had to break the door open. A case was lodged the same day against “unidentified persons” on the complaint of Singh’s wife Babita Devi.
SP (Bulandshahr), Surendra Tewari, said, “The family suspected two persons, Deep Solanki and Balraj. The duo were detained on Thursday and finally spilled the beans during questioning.”
“Tejpal had a property dispute with his wife and had hired contract killers to eliminate her. He promised Rs 6 lakh for the job and gave Rs 3 lakh in advance. The killers did a recce and found it difficult to murder the woman due to the CCTVs installed around her house. Not wanting to return the advance, they instead decided to shoot him dead,” the SP added.
Meanwhile, Tejpal’s wife Babita said she never had any intention of killing her husband and that she’d been living separately from him.
Singh had hired two contract killers to eliminate his wife but the killers, unable to execute the murder, instead turned upon Singh since they did not want to part with the Rs 3 lakh advance paid to them by him.
Police said Tejpal was shot dead in his house in the Kakod area. The place was locked from outside and cops had to break the door open. A case was lodged the same day against “unidentified persons” on the complaint of Singh’s wife Babita Devi.
SP (Bulandshahr), Surendra Tewari, said, “The family suspected two persons, Deep Solanki and Balraj. The duo were detained on Thursday and finally spilled the beans during questioning.”
“Tejpal had a property dispute with his wife and had hired contract killers to eliminate her. He promised Rs 6 lakh for the job and gave Rs 3 lakh in advance. The killers did a recce and found it difficult to murder the woman due to the CCTVs installed around her house. Not wanting to return the advance, they instead decided to shoot him dead,” the SP added.
Meanwhile, Tejpal’s wife Babita said she never had any intention of killing her husband and that she’d been living separately from him.