Bullet-riddled body of Moradabad RTI activist found in Shamli

  • | Friday | 11th January, 2019

Muzaffarnagar/ Moradabad: The bullet-ridden decomposed body of an RTI activist, Qasim Saifi (32), who went missing from his house on December 27 from Pakwara area in Moradabad, was found in the sugarcane fileds of Kandhla area in Shamli district. A Moradabad police team found the body. Moradabad police is investigating the matter.”According to police sources, Saifi ran a private school in the village. Main accused, identified as Vikas Chaudhry, is a property dealer who allegedly lured him to Shamli in the name of finding a financier there. Saifi was missing for two weeks and a case of his abduction had been registered at Pakwara police station on December 27 by his older brother.

Muzaffarnagar/ Moradabad: The bullet-ridden decomposed body of an RTI activist, Qasim Saifi (32), who went missing from his house on December 27 from Pakwara area in Moradabad, was found in the sugarcane fileds of Kandhla area in Shamli district. A Moradabad police team found the body. Personal enmity is said to have been the reason for his murder.On Friday, a huge funeral procession was taken out in Delhi road in Moradabad, with both family members and neighbours demanding compensation for his murder.Moradabad police made a breakthrough in the case based on inputs of a prime suspect who was arrested earlier.Superintendent of police, Shamli, Ajay Kumar told reporters here on Friday, Moradabad police brought the accused and recovered the body from Kandhla area. Saifi was missing for two weeks and a case of his abduction had been registered at Pakwara police station on December 27 by his older brother. Moradabad police is investigating the matter.”According to police sources, Saifi ran a private school in the village. He had been looking for an investor to help make modifications in his school. Main accused, identified as Vikas Chaudhry, is a property dealer who allegedly lured him to Shamli in the name of finding a financier there. Both were seen boarding a roadways bus in Moradabad.Chaudhry and one of his associates took Saifi to Kandhla area and shot him dead amid cane fields near a jungle.According to station house officer of Pakwara police station Neeraj Kumar Sharma, “Chaudhry was arrested and sent to jail. Now, we are trying to arrest his associate who is still at large.”As for the motive for the murder, the SHO said Chaudhry was angry when he came to know about Saifi’s alleged affair with his live-in woman friend. Saifi also allegedly used to comment on Chaudhry’s caste and it offended him.

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