BHUBANESWAR: After 5 years of untamed goose chase, the CBI on Tuesday arrested fugitive Lucknow-based jeweller Amit Agarwal, who was at the run after allegedly killing his wife and two children in a seaside lodge at Puri in 2013.
Officials of CBI's Kolkata wing traced Agarwal in Indore two days ago and taken him to Bhubaneswar on Monday night time. “We have formally arrested him and produced him in court docket at Bhubaneswar. We will take him on custodial remand for interrogation,” stated a CBI officer.
Bodies of Ankita Bansal, 28, her eight-year-old daughter Vaani and six-year-old daughter Divyansh had been discovered from the lodge room on December 15, 2013. Ankita’s husband Amit, a bullion dealer in Lucknow, was the principle accused as he have been at the run since the crime, CBI assets stated. Though the Puri police first of all probed the case, the CBI took up the case in October 2014 following a directive through the Orissa high court docket.
Narrating the murder purpose, CBI stated Agarwal was financially bankrupt and had planned to dedicate suicide after eliminating his members of the family. But, he was frightened of death after killing his wife and kids and fled from the lodge. Agarwal was running beneath a contractor in Indore with a unique identification. CBI were given clue about his hideout after tracking the telephone numbers of his circle of relatives, kinfolk, buddies and acquaintances.
“We got here to know that he had incurred loss of round Rs 70 lakh in business. He had additionally borrowed large cash from marketplace. Failing to triumph over the stress and humiliation, he had determined to kill self and his members of the family. But after killing his members of the family, he changed into scared and dropped the plan of ending his own existence,” the officer stated.
Amit and his circle of relatives had left their Lucknow space on August 17, 2013. They checked into the lodge in Puri on December nine, 2013. The UP police had on August 20, 2013 discovered his automotive deserted close to Allahabad and found a suicide observe in which he allegedly said that he was going to dedicate suicide along with his members of the family.
Officials of CBI's Kolkata wing traced Agarwal in Indore two days ago and taken him to Bhubaneswar on Monday night time. “We have formally arrested him and produced him in court docket at Bhubaneswar. We will take him on custodial remand for interrogation,” stated a CBI officer.
Bodies of Ankita Bansal, 28, her eight-year-old daughter Vaani and six-year-old daughter Divyansh had been discovered from the lodge room on December 15, 2013. Ankita’s husband Amit, a bullion dealer in Lucknow, was the principle accused as he have been at the run since the crime, CBI assets stated. Though the Puri police first of all probed the case, the CBI took up the case in October 2014 following a directive through the Orissa high court docket.
Narrating the murder purpose, CBI stated Agarwal was financially bankrupt and had planned to dedicate suicide after eliminating his members of the family. But, he was frightened of death after killing his wife and kids and fled from the lodge. Agarwal was running beneath a contractor in Indore with a unique identification. CBI were given clue about his hideout after tracking the telephone numbers of his circle of relatives, kinfolk, buddies and acquaintances.
“We got here to know that he had incurred loss of round Rs 70 lakh in business. He had additionally borrowed large cash from marketplace. Failing to triumph over the stress and humiliation, he had determined to kill self and his members of the family. But after killing his members of the family, he changed into scared and dropped the plan of ending his own existence,” the officer stated.
Amit and his circle of relatives had left their Lucknow space on August 17, 2013. They checked into the lodge in Puri on December nine, 2013. The UP police had on August 20, 2013 discovered his automotive deserted close to Allahabad and found a suicide observe in which he allegedly said that he was going to dedicate suicide along with his members of the family.
CBI arrests elusive Lucknow jeweller for killing wife, kids in Puri
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