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The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Balaghat (MP),
Monday convicted four accused persons, S/Shri Bhaiya Lal @
Binjal, Chait Ram, Makhan @ Arjun and Ms. Parvati Bai @ Paro
for murdering Shri Likhi Ram Kanwre, the then Transport Minister
of Madhya Pradesh and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
The case was initially registered by the State Police but
was transferred to CBI on 24.2.2000 on the request of the
State Govt.
After registering a case on 29.2.2000, the Special Investigation
Unit of CBI was able to solve this murder case within seven
months. The investigation revealed that an encounter took
place on 2.12.99 in Thadicherla Reserve Forest (AP) in which
four naxalites were killed. In order to take revenge of the
killing of four naxalites by A.P. Police in an encounter,
the accused persons with some others entered into a criminal
conspiracy to eliminate a top ranking Govt. functionary. In
pursuance of the said criminal conspiracy, the accused persons
alongwith others stormed the house of Likhi Ram Kanwre situated
in village Sonpuri, Distt. Balaghat (MP) and dragged him out
of his residence and brutally murdered him with an axe.
A chargesheet was filed by CBI in the case in 2000. During
trial of the case, CBI produced 91 prosecution witnesses who
were spread all over India before concluding prosecution evidence.
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