Ghaziabad (UP), Oct 17 (PTI) Amar Pal Sharma, a formerBSP MLA from Sahibabad, surrendered in a court here today inconnection with the case of murder of BJP leader GajendraBhati.
Sharma surrendered before additional chief judicialmagistrate (II) Abhishek Kumar Srivastav, who sent him to 14-day judicial custody, according to the prosecution.
Bhati was gunned down by two armed assailants in Khoda onSeptember 2. Another BJP local functionary, Balbir Chauhan,was injured in the incident.
A few days after the killing, the police arrestedNarendra Gurjar, alias Fauji, and Raju Pehalwan. The duo toldpolice that Sharma had given them a contract of Rs 10 lakh toeliminate his political rival Gajendra Bhati.
Sharma later joined the Congress after he was expelledfrom the BSP.
After a case was registered against Sharma, he had movedthe Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on his arrest. Thehigh court gave him three-week time till September 20 tosurrender.
However, he had been on the run. PTI CORRSMN.
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