BJP leader murder case: Second accused arrested

Ghaziabad:  A man, accused in the murder case of a BJP leader here, was today arrested in Delhi’s Rohini area, police said.

Raj Kumar Singh alias Raju Pahalwan, the second accused in the murder case of local BJP leader Gajendra Bhati alias Gajju, was arrested by a special team of Ghaziabad police with the help of Delhi police, they said.

SP City Akash Tomar said following a secret information Raju was nabbed from Tirathpur bus stand when he was trying to flee Sonipat.

Police had arrested Narendra Fauzi on September 11 near Koyal enclave of the Sahibabad area. He was the first to be named an offender in the Gajju murder case and was attached as PSO with former BSP MLA from Sahibabad constituency Amarpal Sharma.

After his arrest Fauzi had confessed that he took a contract of Rs 10 lakh for killing Gajju, police said.