The Tribune, January 1, 2003

Criminals dumping bodies on road
Ravi S.Singh
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, December 31
The Bhondsi-Rithos road near Gurgaon is fast turning out to be a favourite dumping ground for bodies. Several bodies were recovered on this stretch in the last few months. One of the reasons could be the relative sequestered nature of the area. Moreover, the undulating rocky terrain of the Aravalli hills add to the isolation of the road. Recently, the body of Mr Ashok Jain, a jeweller from Mumbai, was found on this stretch of road. The body was found without any clothes. The body had cuts, and marks of other injuries. The head was battered. An air ticket and a hammer, which could have been used to kill him, was allegedly found near the body.

The relatives of Mr Jain, who were at the Sohna government hospital to identify the body, told mediapersons that one does not know whether the deceased was whisked away by the criminals immediately after his arrival at the New Delhi airport or murdered elsewhere and his body dumped on the road later. The police was still investigating the case. The point is that criminals have found this stretch of road in Gurgaon district useful for their activities, particularly for dumping bodies.

A few months back, another body of one More Mukut, a member of a notorious gang, was found by the local police on this road. The deceased was said to be from Agra in Uttar Pradesh. He was alleged to have become a victim of his own gang members on account of differences on the issue of sharing crime money.

According to reports, the members of the gang were given ‘supari’ by one of the partners of a hotel in Delhi to kill the other partner. The gang members revealed the secret to the other partner (who was to be killed). After knowing of the plan to kill him, he allegedly offered a higher sum of money as ‘supari’ to the same gang to liquidate the other partner (the person who had given the ‘supari’ to murder him). Earlier, two bodies of workers of a nearby factory was found on this road. Preceding this development, the dead body of a kidnapped son of an industrialist was found on this road.

The criminals had given the false impression to the police and the relatives that the captive was alive. When the criminals were arrested by the police, however, it was found that they had already murdered the captive. However, the police authorities here have alleged that outside criminals, especially from Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh and contiguous areas of Rajasthan like Alwar, have used the isolated stretch of this road to dump bodies after committing the crime outside the state.