Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has observed that prima facie it did not appear the Gurugram Police had hatched a conspiracy to kill gangster Sandeep Gadoli. The observation was made by Justice A.M. Badar in an order passed on November 14, while granting bail to two of the four accused Gurugram Police personnel.
Gadoli was killed in an encounter with the Gurugram Police at Airport Metro hotel on February 7 last year. However, the encounter was termed as ‘fake’ by the Mumbai Police. In September last year, the city police had filed a charge sheet against four Gurgaon Police officers.
Justice Badar observed that the charge sheet and the statements of prosecution witnesses revealed the accused officers had come to Mumbai to arrest Gadoli with due permission from their seniors. He also said the accused had made every effort to inform Mumbai Police of their activities, and to seek their help till just a few minutes before the incident. The Mumbai Police, however, had failed to provide the requisite assistance to them, he held.
