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IAS officer arrested for plotting friend's murder

by India Blooms News Service 01 May 2015, 09:06 am

New Delhi, May 1 (IBNS) An IAS officer has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly planning the murder of a close friend.

Reports said Sanjeev Kumar, a 1985 batch Haryana officer, was arrested on Friday morning along with three gangsters and weapons.

Police said Kumar had plotted murder of a close friend and businessman over a property dispute. 

 
The plan was disclosed to police by the contract killer the officer hired.
 
 Kumar was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2013 for the illegal recruitment of thousands of teachers in Haryana. Former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay were also convicted in the case. 

Police said  the officer plotted his friend's murder with gangster Shoukat Pasha  when he was in Tihar jail in Delhi last year.