Woman gets son killed, 2 contract killers arrested

Express News Service, Fri, Sep 02, 2011, New Delhi:

20-year-old Manjeet objected to his mother’s extra-marital affairs
Police on Thursday arrested a woman from Jharoda for allegedly hiring contract killers to murder her 20-year-old son who scolded her for having extra-marital affairs. The two contract killers were arrested on Monday.

The accused, identified as Rajesh alias Lalli (45) was arrested from her Baba Hari Dass Nagar residence in South-West Delhi’s Jharoda area. According to police, she hired Umesh alias Michal (32) and Mahender alias Monu (22) to kill her son, Manjeet.

“The two contract killers had looted a jeweller’s shop at gun-point in Chhawla and were arrested on Monday from Jharoda. During interrogation, they confessed that they had killed Manjeet in Punjab’s Sangrur district after his mother, Lalli hired them for the murder,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West), Anil Kumar Ojha.

The duo reportedly told police that Lalli, a resident of Jharoda, had contacted Monu in January this year and complained about her son, Manjeet¿s misbehavior with her.

“Monu said Lalli had extra marital affairs and some persons used to visit her house during the absence of Manjeet and her husband. When Manjeet came to know about these, he scolded his mother and warned her to refrain from such activities. Irritated with her son’s behaviour, she hired Monu for Rs 2 lakh to eliminate her son,” Ojha added.

Monu reportedly conspired with his friend, Michal, to commit the crime. Police said both of them knew Manjeet well and had liquor together.

On January 29, Monu asked the deceased to accompany the duo to Punjab on pretext of meeting a girl. They boarded a Punjab-bound train from Bahadurgarh and reached Lehra, a small town in Sangrur district in the evening.

“The three drank together. When Manjeet got highly intoxicated, the arrested accused men took him to an isolated place and assaulted him with bricks and knife. They also smashed his face with stones to conceal his identity,” Ojha said.

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