This story is from March 30, 2016

Prajapati murder: Rajkot cops get Haldar's custody

Kartik alias Raju Haldar, the sharpshooter from Raipur, has claimed that he shot Asaram's former aide Amrut Prajapati, as the latter was blackmailing the religious preacher.
Prajapati murder: Rajkot cops get Haldar's custody
Rajkot: Kartik alias Raju Haldar, the sharpshooter from Raipur, has claimed that he shot Asaram's former aide Amrut Prajapati, as the latter was blackmailing the religious preacher.
The Rajkot CID (crime) took Haldar's custody from Ahmedabad crime branch on Monday night to interrogate him about Prajapati's murder. Haldar had allegedly shot at Prajapati on May 23, 2014, at his clinic.
He died after a month in Ahmedabad.
"Prajapti was blackmailing Asaram and demanding Rs 50 crore to remain silent on issues pertaining to him. Therefore, I shot him," Haldar claimed when approached by media persons on Monday night.
R G Rana, inspector, CID (crime) said, "We will produce Haldar before a court and seek eight days remand. We want to nab other accused Narayan who had accompanied him while killing Prajapti. We want to seize the weapon and bike used in the crime.''
"Haldar had come to Rajkot two days before the murder and did a recce about Prajapati's movements. He took an appointment with Prajapati and introduced himself as Raju Patel. On May 23, he went inside Prajapati's clinic and shot him from close range and fled," said police.
Besides Prajapati, Haldar is involved in murdering Kripal Singh and Akhil Gupta and confessed to attempting to kill four other witnesses. Asaram's followers paid Haldar Rs 25 lakh after he killed Prajapati.
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