Gurgaon: Police quiz CJM in his wife's death case, recover bullet

Gurgaon: The Gurgaon Police has questioned Chief Judical Magistrate Ravneet Garg who is charged with his wife's murder. The police has also recovered a bullet from the crime scene on Monday which has been sent to a forensic science lab.

Geetanjali, 30-year-old, was found dead with three bullet injuries near his official residence in high security Police Lines area. A case of murder was registered against the CJM on Saturday.

The police has recovered two laptops and a mobile phone from Garg's residence and sent it for further investigation. Police sources said that Garg is co-operating with the police in the investigations.

The police said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the case,

has questioned K K Garg, the father of Ravneet Garg.

Meanwhile, in their supplementary complaint, Geetanjali's family have alleged that the her in-laws used to "torture her for dowry", and at one occasion they even refused to pay school fees of her two children and had asked her to get the money from her parents.

On Sunday, her brother Pardeep Aggarwal filed another complaint with the police, alleging that Garg's family consistently ill-treated his sister. They used to demand expensive gifts and cash from them, alleged Gitanjali's brother Pardeep Aggarwal in his supplementary complaint submitted to the Gurgaon police.

"A Skoda Laura worth Rs 17 lakh was given on the occasion of wedding... After two years of marriage, pressure was being by them, we were made to give them Skoda Superb worth Rs 20 lakh," said Mr Aggarwal.

"For the last three months, under pressure of her in-laws, Geetanjali would demand money from us, even for paying the school fees of her two children," he said.

He also alleged that even a few days before her death, Garg's cousin Heena Garg used to stay in Gitanjali's home. "On the day of her death, she was there in the house along with another cousin from Muktsar," he said.

"The conduct of these two cousins has been very suspicious and they can be very much instrumental in her death," alleged Aggarwal.

He said that Gitanjali's two children can also throw light on the death of his sister, "and that was why they are not being allowed to meet children".

SIT head ACP Ashok Bakshi grilled the CJM and his family members on Saturday and Sunday. Bakshi said that they are moving in right direction and would soon get some breakthrough, without elaborating further.

(With additional inputs from PTI)