The Delhi police on Monday made first arrest in the case of the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj in his south Delhi farmhouse.
Police have arrested Purushottam, who was seen in the CCTV footage brandishing his gun along with his accomplice who was running ahead.
The grey-coloured Skoda car used in the sensational murder has also been recovered.
Its owner Rakesh has also been detained. The killers, police said, after committing the crime had returned the car to Rakesh.
The officer had raided areas in Delhi’s north and northwest to nab the shooters.
Bharadwaj, the richest candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from Delhi with declared assets of over Rs 600 crore, was shot dead on March 26 at around 9 am by unidentified men in his 35-acre farmhouse in south Delhi’s Rajokri.
A post-mortem examination report revealed Bharadwaj had been shot thrice — once in his head and twice in his chest.
The killers entered the farmhouse on the pretext of meeting Bharadwaj to book a marriage venue in the farmhouse complex.
–IANS