Contract killing for just Rs 150

Contract killing for just Rs 150
Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui | TNN | Oct 26 2009 | Times of India Bangalore

Lucknow: That the value of human life is going down by the day we all know. But, how low could it go In Etah district of Uttar Pradesh, police arrested an alleged contract killer who strangled an old man for just Rs 150 contract.

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The sequence of events related to the shocking incident on October 20, when the body of one Narottam was recovered from his house in Birampur village of Etah district . Prima facie, it appeared that the victim, aged around 80 years, was strangled with a nylon rope. A widower, Narottam lived all alone ever since his only child - a daughter - was married to a petty landless farmer Patwari Lal.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Etah, RK Chaturvedi, said in the absence of any apparent motive for the murder, investigators took to the theory of elimination to zero in on the suspects, but to no avail. Next, we began to shortlist those who have had or could have benefited from Narottams death. In the name of wealth there was a piece of four bigha land near GT Road, valued at an estimated Rs 25 lakh, Chaturvedi told TOI. 

 
Police soon discovered that Narottams daughter Sushila and her husband Patwari Lal were his heirs, hence the only ones to benefit from his death. Patwari began to sing without much effort. Confessing to have got Narottam murdered , he led the police to a brother-duo Rajpal and Veerpal . Patwari said his wife Sushila, who had a history of fits, was keeping unwell for months and he was in dire need of money for her treatment. When he suggested Narottam to sell off the land, the latter refused to oblige. He then hired the brother duo who strangled Narottam, SSP, Etah said.