3 booked for textile bizman’s murder in Faridabad

A textile businessman died under suspicious circumstances in Faridabad’s Ballabgarh area on Friday, with his family alleging that he was murdered by his business partners who poisoned him with a cold drink. An FIR of murder has been registered against three of his partners at Adarsh Nagar police station.

According to the police, the deceased was identified as Sukhbir, a native of Janauli village in Palwal district. His brother Om Prakash lodged a complaint alleging that Sukhbir had started a cloth dyeing and printing factory, Jai Guru Enterprises, in May 2023 along with partners Sumit, Rajiv, Rahul, and Mukesh, all residents of Ballabgarh. Each was a 25 per cent partner in the firm.

Om Prakash claimed that even before the company was launched, Sukhbir had transferred Rs 56 lakh to Sumit’s account and another Rs 15 lakh jointly to Sumit and Rajiv, at their request. Although Sukhbir and Mukesh repeatedly asked Sumit and Rajiv to open a joint account for the firm, their requests were ignored. Sumit allegedly ran the account in his own name and all the money deposited belonged to Sukhbir. When Sukhbir demanded repayment, Sumit and Rajiv reportedly prevented both him and Mukesh from entering the factory.

On September 5, Om Prakash said, Sukhbir went to Sumit’s house in Ballabgarh on the call of Sumit and Rajiv to settle accounts. “Around 11 am, my brother phoned me saying that Sumit and his friends had mixed poison in his cold drink. Shortly afterwards, my nephew Atar Singh rushed him from Sahupura Jat Chowk to a private hospital. The doctors referred him to Delhi in a critical condition, but he died shortly after leaving the hospital,” he alleged in the complaint.

Inspector Nafe Singh, SHO of Adarsh Nagar police station, said an FIR has been registered against three accused. “The body has been handed over to the family after post-mortem. We are awaiting the post-mortem report and action will be taken in accordance with the law,” he said.