‘I killed them, so what?’ says gunman; judge’s wife dead

Sumedha Sharma
Tribune News Service
Gurugram, October 14

Ritu Garg, the wife of Gurugram Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Krishan Kant, who, along with her son Dhruv, was shot at by the judge’s gunman in a busy market here on Saturday, succumbed to her injuries at Medanta Medicity late in the night. Dhruv’s condition is said to be critical.

Sources said the ADJ was in shock and doctors were monitoring his condition. He has not spoken since the gory incident.

Meanwhile, accused gunman Mahipal remained evasive during interrogation, showing no remorse for his actions whatsoever. “Yes I killed them, so? I have no remorse,” the 32-year-old Head Constable is learnt to have told the interrogating team, giving the same statement when produced in court. He has been sent to police custody for four days.

“As believed earlier, the shooting does not seem an act of rage, but was well-planned. The accused is proving to be a tough nut to crack,” the police reportedly told the court while seeking his custody for a week. Commissioner of Police KK Rao refused comment. But an investigating official claimed that a special interrogation team (SIT) had been constituted to question him. 

The police have reportedly sent teams to Mahipal’s native village in Mahendragarh to check if the accused had a history of mental health issues, such as intermittent explosive disorder which is characterised by explosive outbursts of anger and violence.

The police are looking into Mahipal’s post on Facebook the night prior to the killing  — some strange scribbling on a piece of paper, mentioning ‘Pastor Robin’. What has made the police suspicious is that he wrote two words starting with the letters ‘R’ and ‘D’ and then crossed these. 

The police are also looking into the WhatsApp account of the accused, said sources.