'Killer' son short on temper, flush with cash

GHAZIABAD: Dabbu (28), a Class 12 dropout, was the least educated but the most affluent among all five sons of businessman Ishwar Tyagi. Three of Tyagi's sons, including IPS officer Sanjeev Tyagi, are IITians.

According to the family, Dabbu was always flush with money. He drove a Fortuner, in which he escaped after allegedly shooting his father dead on May 11, and a Mercedes E-Cabriolet and managed the rice mill set up by Ishwar. Dabbu had also been gifted a plush bungalow in Kavi Nagar by his father.

His elder brother Praveen said on Friday, "Around three years ago, I had given him Rs 20 lakh to invest in a start-up along with three partners. However, the firm soon faced rough weather with the partners fighting over lack of profits. I tried to arbitrate in the matter and upon the advice of the partners, who felt Dabbu had an irascible temper, entered the company as a partner in place of Dabbu. But he changed his mind and asked me to resign and pay him Rs 4 crore."

Dabbu, according to local residents, had a short fuse. He had allegedly entered into serious disputes in the past with four-time

Modinagar

MLA

Narendra Sisodiya

and Congress's Rajnikant Raju in Ghaziabad. On both occasions, he had been bailed out with the intervention of his family and local residents.

According to Dabbu's family, he was being treated for schizophrenia for the past three years.

"Since he is good-looking, I had taken him to Mumbai so he could try his luck in films. He once complained that his friends in Mumbai had administered him poison. I took him for a thorough check-up. The results left us baffled since there was no trace of poison in his body," Praveen said.

Amongst Ishwar Tyagi's sons, Praveen (43), an alumnus of IIT-Delhi, and Kuldeep (39) are based in Mumbai where they are partners in the coaching institute.

Sanjeev (35), who is also an alumnus of IIT-Delhi, is a 2010-batch IPS currently posted as SP of Auraiya district. Dabbu is the fourth son of Ishwar. His youngest son, Vipin (26), an alumnus of IIT-BHU, is currently preparing for the civil services examination.


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