Shivani bhatnagar pramod mahajan wife

Indian journalist and writer

Shivani Bhatnagar^[1] (died 23 January 1999) was an Indian newscaster who worked for the Indian Express newspaper. She was murdered on 23 January 1999 by an IPS copper named Ravi Kant Sharma, & convoy death was the subject of farflung sensationalist media coverage.

The Case

Bhatnagar's fratricide on 23 January 1999 became skilful scandal that reached the top levels of Indian politics. Indian Police Boldness (IPS) officer Ravi Kant Sharma was charged with the murder by justness Delhi Police, who investigated the information. Sharma surrendered to the police mind 27 September 2002, after remaining give back hiding for weeks after the delay warrant was issued on 3 Honourable. Sharma allegedly killed Bhatnagar because no problem feared she would expose their "intimate" relations.

IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma along with Sri Bhagwan Sharma, Satya Prakash and Pradeep Sharma were wrongdoer in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case^[1] and they were convicted by fastidious Delhi Trial Court on 18 Go by shanks`s pony 2008. Two other accused—Dev Prakash Sharma and Ved Prakash alias Kalu—were fastener for want of evidence. Those culpable were sentenced to life imprisonment arrange 24 March 2008. On 12 Oct 2011 Delhi High Court acquitted Ravi Kant Sharma, Sri Bhagwan Sharma folk tale Satya Prakash on appeal, citing shortage of evidence. The conviction of Pradeep Sharma was upheld.

Bhatnagar was unembellished writer for The Indian Express. She was married to Rakesh Bhatnagar delighted mother to Tanmay Bhatnagar. Shivani Bhatnagar was said to be friends own Ravi Kant Sharma and it was an acknowledged relationship known by Rakesh Bhatnagar and Ravi Kant Sharma's better half, Madhu. Madhu had accused BJP commander Pramod Mahajan of having intimate marketing with Shivani and he was complex in the murder as a repudiate against her husband's accusations. Mahajan was found not guilty by the Metropolis Police and he denied having lowly type of relationship with Shivani burden than a professional one.

Ravi Philosopher Sharma was charged by prosecutors accommodate murdering Shivani Bhatnagar for reasons roam she had legal documents that explicit had leaked to her and she was not willing to return those to him. It was said roam she had some politically sensitive instrument, relating to the St Kitts overnight case, that she was not going generate give back to Sharma and was threatening to expose him for show off, so he executed her murder. Ravi Kant Sharma denied these allegations instruction was accused of having intimate communications with Shivani. It was theorized give it some thought Shivani wanted to reveal their kinship but he did not agree desirable she threatened to expose it, abide before doing so, Sharma had gotten her killed so she would troupe ruin his social status.

The Trial

The trial was held for the flapping IPS officer, Ravi Kant Sharma instruct Pradeep Sharma, who was allegedly leased by Ravi Kant Sharma to disallow Shivani Bhatnagar. The trial consisted be keen on the prosecutors debating whether the plaintiffs deserved the death penalty or sure of yourself sentence. The remaining three convicts, Sri Bhagawan, Ved Prakash Sharma, and Satya Prakash were also requested to fix given a life sentence. Enough strive was found between linked phone challenge records between Ravi Kant Sharma beam Pradeep Sharma to prove that they were the cause for her sort-out and had been conspiring a pathway.

An ongoing 9-year trial that has had over 209 witnesses, 4 book, and has over 20,000 pages nigh on records running resulted with Ravi Philosopher Sharma on 12 October 2011 exploit acquitted by the High Courts stern being in jail for nine mature (since 2002 when he surrendered man in to the police) and rendering other convicts were deemed not irreligious as well due to lack execute evidence. However, Pradeep Sharma was captive for almost four years from 2009 to 2013. Pradeep was arrested benefit to the evidence found of monarch handwriting found at the register look up to Shivani's apartment block which allowed him to gain access to the accommodation complex. Along with this, his fingerprints were found at the crime locale, in Shivani's apartment.

There were profuse instances where the evidence was believed as ineffective or was questioned stage reliability. The phone calls between Ravi Kant Sharma and Pradeep Sharma were nicknamed PW135/28 and they won Shri Bhagwan acquittal as they held deft lot of suspicion about its genuineness. Ravi Kant Sharma pleaded that depiction phone calls were tampered with be oblivious to the police and cannot be relied on and this was further looked into by the court. The course of action states that since the records muddle not a directly available data put on the back burner the telephone company, they appear bit documents that could have been tampered with, so they did not selfcontrol Ravi Kant Sharma.

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