Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, co-owner of Haldiram's Bhujiawala, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for a murder attempt on a tea
stall owner in March 2005. Four others including Agarwal's aide Arun Khandelwal, hitman Gopal Tewari and his cronies Raju Sonkar and Monoj Sharma got the same punishment.
The families of all the convicts broke down when the sentence was pronou-nced. Khandelwal, Sonkar and Sharma, too, started weeping. Agarwal seemed dazed. Only Tewari had a stony look. For three and a half hours, Bankshall 4th fast-track court judge Tapan Sen heard the convicts plead for mercy, but gave them the maximum possible sentence.
According to police, Agarwal had given a supari to Tewari to kill Satyanarayan Thakur, owner of a 9-sq ft tea stall that was next to a swank Haldiram's eatery in Posta's Jagmohan Mullick Lane. Agarwal wanted Satyanarayan to move and offered him Rs 4 lakh, but he had refused, even at gunpoint. On March 30, 2005, Tewari barged into the tea stall with his henchmen and opened fire. Satyanarayan's nephew was injured in the leg.
Hitman Gopal Tewari was arrested in May 2005 and spilled the beans on Prabhu Shankar Agarwal's role in the Posta murder attempt case. The businessman was nabbed on June 7, 2005, and spent weeks in custody. The chargesheet was filed exactly a year later and the verdict pronounced on January 27, 2010.
On Friday, the courtroom was packed with families and friends of the five convicts for the sentencing. The room opened around noon, when the verdict was expected. Judge Tapan Sen walked in an hour and half later.
Turning to the accused, the judge asked if they had anything to say for themselves. The snacks baron was the first to speak. Agarwal claimed he was innocent, and pleaded that he had "a thousand families" his employees to take care of. He pleaded with the judge for leniency as his business would suffer. The judge then asked whether Agarwal had suffered losses when he was behind bars earlier. Agarwal nodded. His counsels requested the judge not to punish him for more than three years.
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stall owner in March 2005. Four others including Agarwal's aide Arun Khandelwal, hitman Gopal Tewari and his cronies Raju Sonkar and Monoj Sharma got the same punishment.
The families of all the convicts broke down when the sentence was pronou-nced. Khandelwal, Sonkar and Sharma, too, started weeping. Agarwal seemed dazed. Only Tewari had a stony look. For three and a half hours, Bankshall 4th fast-track court judge Tapan Sen heard the convicts plead for mercy, but gave them the maximum possible sentence.
According to police, Agarwal had given a supari to Tewari to kill Satyanarayan Thakur, owner of a 9-sq ft tea stall that was next to a swank Haldiram's eatery in Posta's Jagmohan Mullick Lane. Agarwal wanted Satyanarayan to move and offered him Rs 4 lakh, but he had refused, even at gunpoint. On March 30, 2005, Tewari barged into the tea stall with his henchmen and opened fire. Satyanarayan's nephew was injured in the leg.
Hitman Gopal Tewari was arrested in May 2005 and spilled the beans on Prabhu Shankar Agarwal's role in the Posta murder attempt case. The businessman was nabbed on June 7, 2005, and spent weeks in custody. The chargesheet was filed exactly a year later and the verdict pronounced on January 27, 2010.
On Friday, the courtroom was packed with families and friends of the five convicts for the sentencing. The room opened around noon, when the verdict was expected. Judge Tapan Sen walked in an hour and half later.
Turning to the accused, the judge asked if they had anything to say for themselves. The snacks baron was the first to speak. Agarwal claimed he was innocent, and pleaded that he had "a thousand families" his employees to take care of. He pleaded with the judge for leniency as his business would suffer. The judge then asked whether Agarwal had suffered losses when he was behind bars earlier. Agarwal nodded. His counsels requested the judge not to punish him for more than three years.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bhujia-baron-gets-life-for-murder/articleshow/5515252.cms
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