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Part 2{ ( Exclusive interview with Jamim Shah ( file tape )
KATHMANDU, FEB 09 -
The Indian underworld gang run by Chhota
Rajan could be behind Sundays killing of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah,
police said, adding that it was zeroing in on the killers and the
mastermind behind the killing.
According to Superintendent of
Police Ganesh K. C., chief of Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, the
role of international criminals has been established and the killers
will soon be nabbed.
Shahs murder has been carried out by
someone from the Chhota Rajan gang, K. C. told the Post. He said the
phone calls made to Cable Television Association and Avenues TV on
Monday and interrogations of more than a dozen people indicate that the
killers had arrived in Kathmandu on a mission to kill Shah.
Bharat
Nepali, an aide of Chhota Rajan, called the association and Avenues TV
claimed responsibility for Shahs killing, alleging that Shah was
involved in anti-Indian activities. The call details obtained from
Nepal Telecom and leads from people close to Shah and Yunus Ansari (who
was arrested a few weeks ago for his alleged involvement in a fake
Indian currency racket) pointed out the involvement of the Chhota Rajan
group, according to police.
Interestingly, it was Rajendra
Sadashiv Nikhale, aka Chhota Rajan, who claimed responsibility for the
killing of Mirza Dilshad Beg, a lawmaker, in Kathmandu in 1998. Rajan
had offered similar reasons for the killing: Begs anti-Indian position.
Shahs
murder took place 13 months after police arrested Rajans three hitmen
in Kathmandu. All three — Ganesh Shah alias Tinku, Anil Baniya alias
Vikky and Mukesh Kumar Yadav — were arrested in March. Police had
disclosed then that they were planning to kill some high-profile
people. The hitmen were arrested with sophisticated weapons.
Meanwhile,
the government has formed a five-member judicial panel to probe Shahs
murder. Former justice Govinda Parajuli will lead the panel comprising
representatives from Nepal Police, National Investigation Department,
Office of Attorney General and a security expert. The Cabinet on Monday
termed the killing serious and decided to deploy all resources to nab
the culprits. Earlier in the morning, State Minister for Home Affairs
Mohammad Rizwan Ansari summoned the three deputy chiefs of security
agencies - Nepal Police, Armed Police and National Investigation
Department - and directed them to expedite the investigation.
The
agency chiefs are currently on a week-long China visit. In the House
session on Monday, lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition
parties slammed the government over the broad daylight murder and
sought its response to the sloppy security arrangement.
Two more
probe panels have been formed. Nepal Police has formed a taskforce led
by DIG Rajendra Singh Bhandari. SSP Rana Bahadur Chand, SP Milan Basnet
and DSPs Diwas Udas and Jagat Man Shrestha. Likewise, the Office of
Metropolitan Police Commissioner has formed a five-member probe team
led by SSP Madhav Nepal. Article Src : http://www.kantipuronline.com/2010/02...
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