BJP chief and former minister Atmaram Tomar was discovered useless at his home in Baraut city of Baghpat on Thursday. Police suspect that he was strangled to dying.
According to the police, 75-year-old Tomar lived alone after the dying of his spouse. They have two sons – the eldest son is a health care provider in Meerut and the opposite is settled in America.
Police mentioned they’ve CCTV footage from the environment, exhibiting two unidentified individuals coming into Tomar’s home on Thursday night and leaving after about an hour.
On the grievance of Tomar’s elder son Satya Pratap, the police have registered an FIR. According to sources, Satya Pratap claims {that a} shut relative of the household had a monetary dispute with Tomar and is linked to his homicide.
“Son, Satya Pratap Tomar has filed an FIR claiming that he is sure that the family with which his father had a dispute over money transactions was the person behind the murder. We are probing the matter and scanning the CCTV footage from the area. The body has been sent for post-mortem,” mentioned Baghpat Superintendent of Police Neeraj Jadoun.
According to the grievance of Satya Pratap, the daddy couldn’t be contacted on the cellphone on Thursday night time and on Friday morning. Then he requested a household buddy to return dwelling.
Atmaram’s physique was mendacity in a locked room from outdoors.
“When we broke the lock, the body was found lying on the bed. He appears to have been strangled to death with a towel. Nothing is missing from his room,” mentioned SP Jadoun.
Tomar (75) served because the Minister of State in 1997 and was additionally the principal of JV Inter College in Baraut.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
