Man assassinates father by hiring contract killers; held

A 37-year-old man along with two contract killers has been arrested in connection with the alleged assassination of his father in outer Delhi's Narela area, police said today.
Ashok Chautala had allegedly paid a contract amount of Rs 20 lakh to Jitender Fauji (24) and Neetu Kala (26) for the alleged assassination of his father, Maman Chautala, who is a landlord at Bankner village in Delhi's Narela area, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
According to police, Maman was allegedly stabbed to death during his morning walk on November 2 last year and a case under Section 302 (murder) of IPC was registered at Narela police station.

On Tuesday, the police received a tip-off that Fauji and Kala would arrive near Raja Harish Chandra Hospital to meet Chautala for the balance contract amount - as it later emerged that the latter had so far paid 70 percent of the contract amount to the killers and he was being put under immense pressure to shell out the balance - and a trap was laid accordingly.
During interrogation, Chautala disclosed that he had taken a loan of around Rs 70 lakh to meet compensation amount to be paid to his wife whom he had divorced. He was also into betting and had gone through heavy losses last year.

His father, Maman, was a well-known landlord in Bankner village and possessed land and other properties worth crores, said a senior police official.

Maman had refused to give any money to his son - being highly disappointed with his lifestyle - and also disowned him, ensuring that he doesn't inherit any of his property.
Later, when junior Chautala got to learn that his father was planning to name his married sister as the sole heir to his property, he allegedly hatched the conspiracy to eliminate him before he came up with his will, said the official.
The official added that Fauji and Kala also confessed to have stabbed Maman to death with a Gupti (a long pointed Indian traditional dagger) around 6.30 AM on November 2, 2014, after they were given details about his morning walk route.