RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, April 29: The trial in Agrawal brothers’ murder case has reached an advanced stage.
It was realized after prime accused of the case Lokesh Choudhary turned up before the court of additional judicial commissioner Vishal Shrivastava to give his statement accompanied by his body guards Sunil Kumar Singh and Dharmendra Kumar Tiwary besides driver Shankar from Birsa Munda Central Jail. The court recorded statements of all the accused and all the accused pleaded innocence.
Hemant Agarwal and Mahendra Agarwal were shot dead at Choudhary’s office. Their bodies with bullet wounds had been recovered on March 7, 2019 noon from the chamber of Choudhary, the then franchise head of a television news channel at posh Ashok Nagar.
Hemant, who was 38 at the time of murder, and Mahendra, who was 40 at the time of murder, ran a courier service, Pawan Air Cargo. They had apparently gone to the news channel office in a scooter a day before their bodies were recovered to give Choudhary a reminder about the loan.
According to police, Choudhary under a plan returned the cash to Agrawal brothers but his intention was wrong. Choudhary, under a plan, asked his bodyguards and driver to impersonate an IB officer to take back the same amount from Agrawal brothers. As their bodyguards and driver did the same, both the brothers resisted. This resulted in firing and their killing.
