Haryana: Arrest warrant issued in opposition to 5 in ‘lawyer’s suicide’ case

Meerut police on Wednesday secured arrest warrant from a neighborhood courtroom in opposition to 5 folks in reference to the suicide of a lawyer, Omkar Tomar. The 5 individuals are Tomar’s daughter-in-law Swati; her two brothers, Vineet and Rachit; her father Rajkumar and mom Mukesh. Police have additionally declared a sum of Rs 25,000 in trade for any details about every of Rajkumar, Vineet and Rachit.
Meanwhile, the indefinite attorneys’ strike continued on the eighth day on Wednesday, demanding the arrest of BJP legislator from Hastinapur, Dinesh Khatik, and 13 others whose names have been talked about in “Tomar’s suicide note”.
Tomar had allegedly hanged himself and blamed Khatik and several other others of harassing him.

“We have announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 for information about Swati’s father and two brothers. We have also got arrest warrants against Swati, her two brothers, father and mother. We have sent the suicide note to forensic experts for verification,” mentioned Meerut SSP Ajay Sahni.
The in-charge of Ganganagar police station, Brijendra Rana, the place the FIR has been lodged on this connection mentioned, “We will take action against the remaining accused named in the FIR after the suicide note is verified,” he mentioned.

One of the accused named within the suicide notice, Sanjay Rotela, additionally died by suicide on February 17 allegedly due to frequent police raids. He has additionally left a suicide notice through which he blamed Tomar’s members of the family for his taking the intense step. An FIR has been lodged on this connection at Muzzafarnagar’s Khatauli police station.
Meanwhile, a delegation of attorneys additionally met ADG (Meerut Zone) Rajeev Sabharwal on Tuesday afternoon and handed over a memorandum to him, stating that the Meerut police was utilizing all attainable means to protect Khatik. “We will ensure that the MLA is arrested as he misused his position to harass Tomar. We have planned to meet state police chief Hitesh Chand Awasthi if our demands are not met soon,” mentioned Mahavir Tyagi, president of the Meerut Bar Association.