Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi murder case: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today (June 5) filed chargesheet against 12 accused, including foreign-based designated individual terrorist Goldy Brar and several prominent gangsters, involved in the murder of Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi in Rajasthan in December 2023.
The NIA arrested eight out of 12 persons for their involvement in the conspiracy to kill Gogamedi. Four others are still absconding, including gangsters Mahendra Kumar, Ravataram Swami alias Rohit Godara, and Virendra Charan, as well as Satwinder Singh alias Goldy Barar.
In its chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jaipur, the NIA has charged all the 12 identified accused, belonging to Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab, under various sections of the IPC, Arms Act and UA(P) Act.
What NIA investigations revealed?
The NIA investigations have revealed the notorious terrorist-gangster syndicate behind the killing of Gogamedi, who was shot dead in the living room of his house in Shyam Nagar colony in Jaipur. Two others, namely Naveen Shekhawat and Ajeet Singh, were killed and Gogamedi's gunman, Narender Singh, was injured in the gruesome attack.
"NIA investigations have revealed that accused Ravataram Swami alias Rohit Godara was the mastermind who had hatched the murder conspiracy along with accused Virendra Charan, Satwinder Singh alias Goldy Barar and others. After the murder, accused Rohit Godara and Goldy Bran accepted the responsibility of the murder and used it to threaten and extort money from other individuals," it said.
The central agency further said that the two assailants, identified as Rohit Rathore and Nitin, had received pistols along with several rounds and magazines for carrying out the attack on December 5, 2023. "While fleeing Gogamedi's house, the duo had also attacked an i-10 car and a scooty rider and used his scooty to escape. Accused Mahendra Kumar and his wife co-accused Puja Saini had harboured Nitin before the murder," the NIA said.
Rahul had taken the help of accused Bhawani Singh to hire the services of Nitin Fauji for the attack. Bhawani was provided weapons and shelter by one Ashok Kumar, as per NIA investigations.
"It was accused Udham Singh who, along with Bhawani Singh and Rahul, had sent Nitin to Jaipur for executing the plan. Accused Rambeer had given shelter to Nitin despite knowing of his involvement in another arms case," it added,
Further investigations in the case are in progress and a search is on for the absconders.
Gogamedi was killed on Dec 5
On December 5, Gogamedi was shot dead in the living room of his house by three men. One of the assailants was also gunned down by his accomplices, police said. Shooters Rohit Rathore and Nitin Fauji were arrested in a joint operation of the Delhi Police Crime Branch and the Rajasthan Police from a hotel in Chandigarh, five days after the incident. On Facebook, gangster Rohit Godara -- said to be linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang -- has claimed responsibility and said Gogamedi was killed for "backing" his enemies.
Gogamedi formed Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena
It should be mentioned here that Gogamedi formed Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena after he was expelled from Rajput Karni Sena in 2015 over differences with its founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi. Both these outfits had protested against Deepika Padukone starrer "Padmaavat" in 2018 over alleged distortion of historical facts about the Rajput community. Many of his videos regarding these incidents had also gone viral.
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