Indian police launches probe into tycoon brothers’ murderNovember 19, 2012 - 10:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have questioned a number of people in connection with the killings of a controversial liquor baron and his brother in a shootout, BBC News reported. Ponty Chadha and his younger brother, Hardeep, were killed in a farmhouse following a property dispute. Exact details of the incident on Saturday,November 19 are still unclear. But according to one version Hardeep shot his brother, leading to an exchange of gunfire between two sides. The two brothers were cremated in the capital on Sunday evening Reports say Delhi police questioned 15 people, including security guards, in connection with the incident which happened in a farmhouse owned by the family on the outskirts of Delhi. Family lawyer Gaurang Kanth said there were a "lot of problems regarding the property settlement" between the two brothers after the death of their businessman father Kulwant Singh Chadha last year. Ponty Chadha, whose formal name was Gurdeep Singh Chadha, was in his fifties. He ran a liquor business which was estimated to be worth over $1bn and was mostly concentrated in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. He also had interests in real estate, shopping malls, sugar mills and film production. Mr Chadha was very close to a number of ruling and opposition politicians in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |