KANPUR The noose is being tightened around BJP leader Priya Ranjan Diwakar after a farmer Babu Singh, 52, accused him and his aides of grabbing 10 bighas of his land and dedicated suicide by leaping in entrance of a dashing prepare in Kanpur on September 9.
Commissioner of police RK Swarnkar assured Singh’s spouse Bittan Devi of justice, saying: “These accountable will go to jail…the police are conducting raids for his or her arrest.” He instructed the farmer’s spouse and daughters that they may strategy him immediately in case of any problem.
In his suicide notice addressed to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Babu Singh, a resident of Chakeri in Kanpur, alleged that Ranjan usurped his farm land by giving him a bogus cheque of ₹6.25 crore, stating that this was the rationale for his excessive step. The notice was discovered close to the monitor, mentioned police.
The police booked six individuals, together with Priya Ranjan Diwakar, his nephew Jitendra, driver Bablu, Noida businessman Rahul Jain, Madhur Pandey and Shivam Singh Chauhan on costs of abetment to suicide and dishonest on a grievance filed by the spouse of the deceased on Sunday.
The FIR was lodged underneath sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 506 (insult), 420 (dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property) and 120-B (felony conspiracy), mentioned police.
Ranjan, a member of the state fee for defense of baby rights and former BJP candidate from Kishni meeting constituency in Mainpuri, allegedly provided to purchase the land from Singh by pressuring him. Giving in to the “stress ways”, Singh agreed to promote the property for ₹6.25 crore, for which he was given a cheque, alleged the farmer’s spouse Bittan Devi, 45.
After Babu Singh transferred the land by way of registry in March, 2023, Ranjan requested him for the cheque on the pretext of an error that wanted to be fastened. He promised that Singh would get the cheque the subsequent day, however didn’t pay the cash, in keeping with the FIR lodged with the Chakeri police towards the BJP leader and 5 others.
Bittan Devi mentioned her husband was working from pillar to put up after this forgery, and was very disturbed on seeing that Priya Ranjan and others had began promoting the plots in Ahirvan village in suburban Kanpur.
“He left the home on September 9 night and didn’t come again. We looked for him and got here to learn about his suicide, Priya Ranjan and his henchmen have destroyed us,” mentioned Bittan Devi, accompanied by her daughters Ruby and Kajal. “The registry is prohibited as no cash was paid to us – neither by cheque nor by another means. The checking account particulars of my husband will make it clear that not a single rupee has been paid,” she added.
The investigation within the case is being monitored by joint commissioner of police (legislation and order) Anand Prakash Tiwari.
The JCP mentioned financial institution accounts linked to the accused and his aides have been seized. Two are of prime accused Priya Ranjan, two of Rahul Jain, three of Shivam Singh Chauhan, one every of Babloo Yadav, Jitendra Yadav and Madhur Pandey.
“The police have obtained the licensed copies of the registry settlement between the 2 events and can get particulars of the financial institution accounts from Kanpur and Noida department of the financial institution. The police are conducting raids for the arrest of the accused,” he added.
On Thursday, the police carried out searches in Noida, Lucknow, Mainpuri, Prayagraj, Fatehpur and questioned 50 individuals.
JCP Anand Prakash Tiwari mentioned the groups acquired necessary clues and the accused could be arrested quickly. “It has been corroborated that no cash was paid to the household towards the land deal. We now have despatched the suicide notice to the forensic science lab in Lucknow,” he added.