Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Pramod Mahajan murder case is becoming more and more complicated.
In the latest twist Gopinath Munde said during his deposition that Mahajan had received a threatening message from his brother Pravin a few days before he (Pramod Mahajan) was shot.
Munde is the late BJP leader's brother-in-law.
The message read: Ab na hogi prathna ab na hogi yachna ab maran hoga ab jeet hogi ya ant hoga (There'll be no prayers, no mercy, there'll be no pain only victory).
According to news agency PTI, Munde said that the message was received by Pramod a few days after Pravin had gone to his residence, demanded Rs 1 crore and said he would face the consequences for not paying him the amount.
Munde said that Pramod Mahajan had called him soon after he received the message. Mahajan had asked Munde to intervene and speak to Pravin.
Following Munde's statement, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the court that this was a new development which had not emerged during earlier investigations in the case.
Nikam sought to defer the recording of Munde's statement since the police would now need to look into this matter.
The court adjourned the recording of Munde's statement until Thursday and asked the police to probe Munde's claims.
Earlier, Pramod Mahajan's wife, Rekha Mahajan had told the court that Pravin had brought the pistol to their Worli residence in 1999 when Pramod was away and showed it to her.
She described the pistol saying that it had some number marking on it but she did not pay much attention to other details.
Rekha had then called Munde, who lived in the same building as Pramod Mahajan, for help.
Pramod Mahajan was allegedly shot at multiple times by his brother Pravin.
The incident took place at Pramod Mahajan's Worli residence in South Mumbai on April 22, 2006. Pramod Mahajan succumbed to the injuries on May 3.
Pravin had fired three bullets at Pramod Mahajan on April 22 last year following which the latter succumbed to his injuries on May 3 while undergoing treatment at the Hinduja Hospital.
Pravin had then surrendered before the Worli Police.
(With inputs from PTI)
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