Man allegedly gets his father killed after hiring killer through social media

A man here in Madhya Pradesh allegedly got his 59yearold father murdered for money after hiring a killer through a social media platform police said on Monday The victim Mahesh Gupta was shot dead on the intervening night of July 2122 when he was sleeping in a room of his house in Pichhore town about 75 km from the district headquarters Superintendent of Police SP Rajesh Singh Chandel saidThe police have arrested three persons Ajit Singh the alleged killer hailing from Bihar Guptas son Ankit 32 and the latters friend Nitin Lodhi in connection with the case he saidThe police suspected the role of Guptas son in the crime as he was sleeping on the ground floor of his house while his father was shot dead on the third floor the official saidAnkits interrogation and a probe into the case revealed he was angry with his father as the latter would refuse to give him money due to Ankits liquor addiction and involvement in gambling and other criminal activities he saidAnkit searched online and based on the information gathered he contacted through social media platform a gang from Bihar named Ajit King group for kidnapping and killing his father promising to pay Rs 1 lakh for it the official saidHe also took the help of his friend Lodhi in plotting the crimeAlso Read Actor Vicky Kaushal Katrina Kaif get death threats file FIR with Mumbai PoliceOn July 12 Ankit deposited Rs 10000 into the account of Ajit Singh the administrator of the Ajit King group on social media platformAnkit and Lodhi later received Singh at Jhansi railway station and arranged for his stay in Labheda Tiraha area of Shivpuri districtWhen Singh asked them to pay the money or inform him about the murder plan Ankit and Lodhi told him the plan was cancelled as they could not arrange the moneyWhen the killer insisted on being paid Ankit told him about the plan to kill his father the SP saidLodhi allegedly arranged a country made pistol and cartridges which were used in the crimeOn the intervening night of July 2122 Ankit asked his wife and daughter to sleep in another room on the ground floor and allowed the killer to enter the house around 2 am he saidAnkits wife woke up on hearing a gun shot but he told her it was the sound of lightning strike he saidAfter murdering Gupta the killer left and Ankit locked the house from insideIn the morning Ankit told the neighbours and police that some unidentified persons killed his father the official saidThe police further said Guptas wife had died about 20 years ago and he lived with his sonGupta recently got Rs 1 crore compensation after his other son Anil Gupta who was in the Army allegedly committed suicide the official saidBesides Gupta also used to get a pension and Ankit was eyeing the money the official saidSingh was arrested from Gorakhpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh while Ankit and Nitin Lodhi were arrested from Pichhore town here he saidThey have been booked under relevant sections of the India Penal Code and further investigation into the case is on the official saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever