Gun belonged to Haryana cop

Mon, Mar 31 12:40 AM

In a startling disclosure on Sunday, the Gurgaon Police investigating ACP Rajbir Singh's murder claimed the .32 bore revolver with which the encounter specialist was killed by a property dealer was a service revolver and belonged to a senior police official of the Haryana Police.

Police said the police official holding the rank assistant superintendent of police (ASP) lost it during an operation while chasing down criminals in Bhiwani in July last year. Police are now investigating how the service revolver reached Rajbir as property dealer Vijay Bhardwaj claims Rajbir gave him the weapon three days before his murder.

Police reiterated it was none other than Vijay who killed Rajbir, found murdered in Vijay's office on MG Road on March 24. Gurgaon police commissioner Mohinder Lal told media persons the .

32 bore revolver made in Kanpur Ordnance Factory (1991 make) was issued to ASP Ashok Sheoran, who was currently posted in Hisar. The ACP was killed with this service revolver whose original serial number was erased.

"A .32 bore (serial no.

A 1031 and butt no. 1107) was in the possession of ASP Ashok Sheoran who had lost it in the fields of Dadri (Bhiwani) during an operation while chasing criminals in July 2007.

A missing report (no. 103) was also registered at the Badhra police station in Bhiwani on July 21, 2007.

Made in 1991, the Kanpur Ordnance Factory had issued the revolver to the Haryana Government on February 26, 1993," Lal said. The police commissioner said the original number of the service revolver was erased and was replaced with E8256.

However, the original butt number 1107 continued to remain intact as it had missed the attention of the person erasing the original serial number of the revolver. The Gurgaon top cop said investigations would now try to find out how the service revolver reached Rajbir.

He reiterated that it was a frustrated Vijay who killed the ACP, nobody else. "Vijay who owed a huge sum of money to the ACP and others as well, was a frustrated man as he had failed to repay the amount.

It was because of this that he tried to commit suicide in August last year to get rid off the creditors but his brother saved him. Vijay thought Rajbir would kill him or his family," the police commissioner said.

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