In a gruesome incident, businessman Lalji Sharma alais Avnish Kumar, a resident of Patel Nagar, Bakewar town in Etawah district was allegedly murdered by five people, which was allegedly made to look like an accident. The incident happed at around 8 pm July 9, but the police filed a case of murder only on July 13th after several pleas from the family of the deceased. The names of the accused murderers are Manish Kushwaha, Kaisav Kushwaha, Rakesh Kushwaha, Mohit Tiwari and Ajay Pandey. The murder is believed to be a result of a land dispute being contested in court between the Sharma and Kushwaha families.
When I accessed the copy of the FIR and spoke to the family of the deceased, I found out that on July 9, accused Mohit Tiwari and Ajay Pandey came to Avnish`s residence on a white colour Hero Honda Karizma motorbike and took Avnish’s accompanied them to Lakhna’s goldsmith shop. At 7.45 pm Avnish’s sister in law got a phone call that the bike that Avnish has been seriously injured in an accident that happened at Bakewar intersection. When Avnish’s family reached the location, they saw him being pulled out from under the Bolero (UP 75 T 1596) which had run over the motorcycle he was riding on. Avnish was taken to Motijheel hospital in Etawah, doctors recommended to take him to Saifai hospital, where he was declared dead. “My brother has been killed and a conspiracy has been hatched to make it look like an accident case. Three people were riding on the motorbike, my brother Lalji Sharma alais Avnish Sharma, Mohit Tiwari and Ajay Pandey. Both Mohit and Ajay went absconding after the accident, even the Rs. 2 lakh that my brother was carrying with him are missing. So, in effect, my brother was murdered as the bolero run over him multiple times. Only my brother was serious injured, Mohit and Ajay didn’t suffer any injuries, and also ran away after the incident. And before running away, they have deleted all phone records and messages from my brother’s phone. The the police has been able to arrest since July 9. We hope to get justice from our Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,” said Ashwani Sharma, brother of the victim Avnish Sharma.
The police has not been able to arrest any of the five accused so far. In the case number 0367 registered by the Bakewar Police Station on July 13, the five accused have been booked on charges of murder (section 302 IPC), criminal conspiracy (section 120B), causing grievous hurt (section 338 IPC) and rash and negligent driving (rash and negligent driving). The investigating officer in the case is Suresh Chandrsa, while the SHO in charge of the police station is Ramesh Singh and the SSP of Etawah is Akash Tomar.
“We wrote to everyone, from Chief Minister’s Office in Uttar Pradesh to Prime Minister’s office and after a lot of efforts the FIR was registered. My uncle Avnish is survived by a four year old daughter and an 18 month old son. We have full faith in the government run by Yogi Adityanath that we will get justice. We have also requested Akash Tomar, the SSP in charge that since the accused have not been arrested 12 days after the murder happened, they should be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible,” said Ashwani Sharma, Avnish’s brother
“The murder is a result of a land dispute between the family of Lalji Sharma alias Avnesh Sharma and Rakesh Kushwaha, son of Harikrishan Kushwaha, a resident of Lohiya Nagar in Bakewar town in Etawah district. The victim Avnesh Sharma is survived by four brothers, who work and reside outside Etawah. The Kushwaha family, Manish Kushwaha, Kesshav Kushwaha and Rakesh Kushwaha wanted illegal possession of our land through the use of strength and hooliganism,” Ashwani Sharma said.
Tarun Nangia is the host and producer of Legally Speaking .