New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday extended for three more days the police custody of slain liquor baron Ponty Chadha's five employees, who were arrested for allegedly forcibly entering a farmhouse in New Delhi and thrashing its occupants November 17. Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhanshu Kaushik extended till November 28 the police custody of Bhupender Singh, Uday Raj Singh, Rajpal Singh, Anand Singh Bisht and Mathura Singh Mehra. "Keeping in mind...
03:56 AM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: Investigators believe that Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, arrested in connection with the Ponty Chadha case, had tried to destroy evidence regarding the pistol he allegedly used to fire during the killing of the brothers in a south Delhi farmhouse. Delhi Police had on Sunday recovered a 7.62 mm pistol from Namdhari's house in Uttarakhand. Sources said it appeared that Namdhari allegedly manipulated the pistol. "We are awaiting expert opinion...
08:52 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Dehradun: The ruling Congress in Uttarakhand on Monday asked Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to order a probe to find out on whose recommendation Sukhdev Singh Namdhari was made chairman of the state minorities commission. "The chief minister should institute a probe and find out how a man with antecedents like Namdhari was made the head of the state minority panel," Pradesh Congress vice president Suryakant Dhasmana said. Soon after Namdhari's...
07:05 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Dehradun: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, arrested recently in connection with Ponty Chadha murder case, was on Monday expelled from the BJP. Namdhari has been expelled from the party following his arrest in connection with the Chattarpur farmhouse shootout in which controversial liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep were killed, state BJP chief Bishan Singh Chufal said. Even otherwise, Namdhari was not an active member...
02:45 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has claimed that the plans to take over the Chhatarpur farmhouse from Hardeep Singh had been hatched several days in advance by liquor baron by Ponty Chadha. Delhi Police took Namdhari, who was brought to Delhi from Uttarakhand, to the farmhouse where the two brothers - Ponty and Hardeep - were killed and have also recovered a double barrel gun and a pistol. The police...
11:42 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The personal security officer of sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, who was initially detained in connection with the double murder case of Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, was released on Saturday night. Namdhari had reportedly told the police that his PSO Sachin Tyagi had shot at Hardeep in self defence. There were allegations that it was Tyagi's firing that killed Hardeep. Though Tyagi has...
02:56 PM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: The pistol that sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari used to shoot at real estate annd liquor baron Ponty Chadha's brother Hardeep on November 17 has been recovered. The Delhi Police Crime Branch team recovered the pistol from Namdhari's farmhouse in Bazpur in Udhamsinghnagar district in Uttarakhand. Delhi Police had recovered two licensed pistols from the scene of the shootout last week. Police said they also...
10:59 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Sunday took SS Namdhari, an accused in the Ponty-Hardeep double murder case, to his residence in Bazpur, Uttarakhand to search for the weapon with which he admitted to having fired at Hardeep. Namdhari, the former chief of Uttarakhand Minority Commission, was a close aide of Ponty. On Saturday, Namdhari was arrested on charges of trespassing on Ponty's property after the shootout. He...
10:19 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: Former Uttarakhand Minority Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari was produced in court on Saturday by the police after being arrested for his involvement in the shootout which killed liquor and real estate baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep. The police told the court that Namdhari had confessed to having opened fire at Hardeep - a claim which now alters the police's version so far. The police had...
09:12 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari on Saturday admitted that he had fired at Ponty Chadha's brother Hardeep during the shootout at Delhi's Chhatarpur farmhouse, where the two brothers died after allegedly opening fire at each other, the Prosecution told CNN-IBN. He also said that Namdhari has been charged with attempt to murder in the case and has been sent to five-day police custody. Namdhari was...
03:44 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, who was arrested on the charges of trespassing on Friday in connection with the double murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep on Friday, has reportedly admitted before Delhi Police that he too was carrying a gun when the shootout happened at the family farmhouse of the Chadha brothers. The police are now trying to find...
01:05 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Sukhdev Singh Namdhari a close aide of liquor baron Ponty Chadha's for over two decades, was arrested on Friday for allegedly helping Ponty to take control of this disputed family property. Before he was held, Namdhari spoke to the media at his farmhouse in Uttarakhand. He said, "I wasn't absconding and I'm not involved in grabbing the Mehrauli farmhouse." Namdhari who before the fatal shootout was the head...
10:06 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has been arrested on the charges of trespassing in the double murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh by Delhi Police on Friday. Namdhari, who was a close aide of Ponty Chadha, was present at the Chhatarpur farmhouse in Delhi on November 17 when the two brothers allegedly opened fire at each other. Namdhari is...
05:53 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari was taken into custody by Delhi Police on Friday. He is now being brought to Delhi, where he'll be further questioned in connection with the double murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep. A Delhi police team picked up Namdhari from his farmhouse at Bazpur in Udhamsinghnagar district in Uttarakhand and took him to the national...
03:39 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday tracked down sacked chairman of Uttarakhand Minorities Commission Sukhdev Singh Namdhari and started questioning him in connection with the double murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep. Namdhari is being questioned at his farmhouse in Bazpur in Uttarakhand. Police claim Namdhari reached his farmhouse a short while ago. The police were on a lookout for Namdhari as he was present...
02:17 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A team of Delhi Police conducted raids at properties owned by sacked chairman of Uttarakhand Minorities Commission Sukhdev Singh Namdhari in connection with the double murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep. The raids were carried out in and around Bazpur late Thursday evening. Sources said some people were also detained during the raids. The police are reportedly on a lookout for Namdhari. Police...
08:39 AM, Nov 23, 2012
In a rare move, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government to explain the regulatory framework which determines the functioning of private security agencies. The apex court has taken suo motu cognizance of the killings of liquor and real-estate baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep. ...
08:55 AM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognisance of the of Ponty Chadha incident, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought explanation from the Centre about the norms for issuing gun licences to private security persons and how agencies engaging them are being regulated. Issuing notice to the Centre, a bench of justices DK Jain and JS Khehar said that the recent incident in which firearms were allegedly used by private security personnel...
09:33 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police are now investigating the conspiracy angle in the double murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh. On Tuesday, four people including Ponty Chadha's two guards were arrested and it is becoming increasingly clear that if the police had act on time the bloodshed could have been avoided. Delhi Police and forensic teams have been been looking for clues at Farm Number 42...
11:37 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: The death of liquor baron and film distributor Ponty Chadha is a major blow to Bollywood. Many movie producers and directors worked closely with Chadha in the past. At least 6-7 prominent filmmakers were in serious negotiations with Chadha over big-budget projects which would now have to seek a different outlet for financial sustenance now. Apparently Bollywood financier Bharat Shah was the last person from the Hindi film industry...
10:13 AM, Nov 21, 2012
