Gangster’s wedding became a flashpoint between rivals in Jaipur

JAIPUR: Photographs from a gangster’s wedding in March last year set off a chain of bitter rivalries and reprisals between the city’s different gangs that culminated in the brutal killing of history-sheeter Ajay Yadav (42) in Bani Park area 10 days ago, said city police on Friday following the arrest of two accused in the murder case.Additional commissioner of police, crime, Ajay Pal Lamba said that city police had constituted special teams that finally arrested Jai Raj Singh and Praveen Kumar Yadav (30) for their alleged involvement in the murder conspiracy. DCP (West) Richa Tomar said that gangster Pradeep Yadav is the prime accused in the case and it was he who organised the hit on Ajay Yadav.“Ajay’s aides had attacked Pradeep who was left paralytic,” she said.According to Additional DCP (West) Ram Singh, Ajay had a partner named Mukesh Yadav. Their relationship soured in 2015 when Ajay Yadav was on the run after he was booked in attacking gangster Gangan Pandit. Mukesh Yadav refused to help Ajay, leading to both paring their ways.“Around the same time, Mukesh forged an alliance with Jhotwara’s notorious history-sheeter Pradeep Yadav. Simmering tensions continued between Ajay and Pradeep-Mukesh gangs,” Singh said. But the major flashpoint became came during the wedding of gangster Manish Saini’s wedding in February last year. Both Mukesh and Pradeep attended the wedding with their underlings and together they uploaded a series of photographs from the venue as a show of strength and a message to Ajay.Police said that Manish Saini was once a close aide of Ajay, “When Ajay saw photos of his rivals at Saini’s wedding, he became furious and gave Saini a dressing down,” an official said.Three days later after the wedding, Ajay’s close aides Himanshu Jangid and Bunty Sharma barged into Pradeep’s office in fired at him, leaving Pradeep severely wounded. “Since then, Pradeep is paralytic and bed-ridden. Both Ajay and Pradeep now became bitter rivals,” Singh said.Pradeep plotted an attack on Ajay and asked his friend Mukesh to eliminate Ajay. on September 21, goons shot at Ajay and smashed his head with a stone.Police have identified the perpetrators as Pradeep, Mukesh, Virendra Singh, Akshay Singh, Jai Raj Singh, Akshay Singh, Praveen and one other unidentified person. Police said that a team including constables Dinesh Sharma and Lal Singh were also part of the team.Police said that Jai and Praveen helped in the conspiracy but shooters have yet to be arrested.