Sandeep Gadoli cremated seven months after death in encounter

Gurgaon, September 2

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Gurgaon gangster Sandeep Gadoli (in pic), who was killed allegedly in a staged gunfight by a Haryana Police crime branch team in Mumbai on February 7, was cremated in his native village today.

After a seven-month wait for justice, Gadoli’s family on Thursday finally claimed his body, which had been lying in Mumbai’s JJ Hospital morgue since his death.

The body was flown to Delhi and later brought to Gadoli village , near Gurgaon, in an ambulance and cremated.

Gadoli’s 72-year-old ailing mother, sister Sudesh Kataria and brother Kuldeep Singh said they would continue to fight for justice as the Gurgaon police had murdered Gadoli at the behest of rival gangster Binder Gujjar, who is in Gurgaon jail.

The slain gangster’s mother had been enquiring about Sandeep’s whereabouts for a long time since his death as the family had lied to her about his encounter .

A team of eight Gurgaon policemen headed by Sub-Inspector Pradhuman Yadav had reportedly barged into a ground floor room of Mumbai’s Airport Metro Hotel in Andheri on February 7, where Gadoli had checked in. He was there with another accused and his alleged girlfriend, Divya Pahuja.

During investigation, the Mumbai SIT found that Gadoli was not armed when the accused policemen killed him in the hotel room.

Pahuja’s role in the case was of passing information to her mother Sonia Pahuja about Gadoli’s whereabouts.

Sonia, in turn, informed another wanted-accused in the case, Manoj Gujjar — Gadoli’s rival Binder Gujjar’s brother. Manoj then informed the Gurgaon police team who allegedly shot dead the gangster in the hotel room.

The Mumbai police had arrested a few policemen involved in the staged gunbattle, including Sub-Inspector Pradhuman Yadav, who led the police team. Divya and her mother Sonia Pahuja were also arrested.—IANS