BSP leader’s murder: Son sent to police custody

New Delhi  :  A Delhi court Wednesday sent realtor Nitesh Bhardwaj, son of billionaire BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj, to six days’ police custody for allegedly killing his father.

A lawyer co-accused was also sent to police custody for interrogation for six days.

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Metropolitan Magistrate Prashant Sharma granted police remand of the two accused, saying allegations against them were serious in nature and investigation was still at the initial stage.

Nitesh, 36, Bhardwaj’s younger son, was arrested Tuesday for his father’s March 26 murder at a Delhi farmhouse. Also arrested was Nitesh’s aide and advocate-cum-property dealer Baljeet Singh Sehrawat, 51.