Jamshedpur: Kidnap and murder accused held guilty, court verdict on Nov 3

Jamshedpur, October 30: The court on Monday convicted Vishwajeet Pradhan, accused in the case of murder of money-lending businessman Dharmendra Singh, resident of Kashidih Line No. 5, House No. 155, Sakchi police station area, after kidnapping for ransom.

The court will pronounce the point of punishment on November 3. This case is being heard by the court of ADJ-One Rajendra Kumar Sinha. Seven people have testified in this case.

Incidentally, the incident took place on 10 February 2022. On the day of the incident, deceased Dharmendra Singh had left the house telling his wife that he was going to collect interest money from people and he would return home in two to three hours.

Dharmendra Singh had left home for Rahargora to collect money from his scooter number JH-05-CPI-1838. When he did not return home till 2.30 pm, his son Gaurav Kumar Singh contacted his father’s mobile but the mobile could not be connected.

At around 3 o’clock, a WhatsApp message came on his mobile from his father’s mobile in which it was told that Rs 50 lakh would have to be paid for his father’s release. It was also told that Dharmendra will be killed if this information is given to police.

Then Gaurav suspected that his father had been kidnapped by someone for ransom. In this regard, on the statement of Gaurav Kumar Singh, an FIR was lodged in Sakchi police station against unknown person for kidnapping of father Dharmendra Singh for ransom. Later the police recovered Dharmendra’s body.