Four get life term for murder of village chief’s father

GHAZIABAD: Four persons, including a contract killer, were sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for killing the father of a Ghaziabad village pradhan two years ago in Tronica City. The victim, Brijeshwar Tyagi (50), was working for the Delhi Jal Board.
According to police, the contract killer had agreed to kill Tyagi and his son Lalit, pradhan of Nauraspur village, for Rs 5 lakh.Following Tyagi's murder in March 2017, Ghaziabad SSP had suspended the entire staff of Mandola police post and the SHO and a sub-inspector of Tronica City police station were attached to Police Lines for dereliction of duty.
Additional district judge Sudhir Kumar found Deepak, Himanshu and Anil and sharpshooter Anil alias Paina guilty of murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy while handing down the sentence. A penalty of Rs 60,000 was also imposed on each of the convicts. Rs 1 lakh from the cumulative fine will be given to the victim’s family.
Lalit’s counsel Anuj Tyagi said, “Deepak, Himanshu and Anil had grabbed government land in Tronica city, which the victim had opposed. Tyagi had also made several complaints against them in various departments in Ghaziabad and Delhi. The accused didn't like this move. They hired a sharpshooter to kill Tyagi and his son Lalit and simultaneously went to jail in an old case.”
Tyagi was attacked on March 30, 2017. The accused were in jail at the time of Tyagi murder. The crime took place when Tyagi was going to meet someone along with his son, but somehow Lalit escaped unhurt during the attack.
After two months of Tyagi’s murder, Surajpur police in Greater Noida had arrested the sharpshooter.
Altogether 13 witnesses, including a teacher, were examined by the prosecution.
Police recovered the weapons used in the crime and forensic reports revealed that bullets recovered from spot belonged to that weapon.