In Haryana INLD Chief's Murder Probe, A Link To BJP Leader's 2023 Suicide

Nafe Singh Rathi's son Jitendra told NDTV that they had received information that the INLD leader and his family members were on target.

A year before Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Nafe Singh Rathi was shot dead in Haryana's Jhajjar district, he was accused of abetting the suicide of a BJP leader. Rathi's family has now accused the BJP leader's relatives of hatching the plot to murder the INLD leader.

In January last year, BJP leader from Bahadurgarh, Jagdish Rathi, died by suicide. The son of former Haryana minister Mange Ram Nambardar, Jagdish had accused released an audio note days before he consumed poison. The audio clip mentioned several people, including Rathi. He had alleged that they had grabbed their shop in 2019 and had threatened to grab their ancestral land and house too. A case was registered against Rathi and others, but the court granted him anticipatory bail.

Now, the list of accused in the INLD leader's murder include Jagdish Rathi's son Gaurav and brother Satish. BJP leader Narendra Kaushik, and three relatives of Bahadurgarh municipal corporation chairperson Saroj Rathi are also among the accused. The accused have been charged under sections relating to murder and criminal conspiracy. They have also charged under the Arms Act.