Rival Bunty was eyeing properties worth ₹2 cr

The Bahujan Samaj Party may have chosen Chaudhary Munawwar Hassan as their candidate to contest the 2013 Delhi assembly polls from Badli constituency, but in his locality in North Delhi’s Burari, the politician was notorious as a ‘property grabber’.

“There are over a dozen criminal cases ranging from attempt to murder to kidnapping registered against Hassan. He had also been jailed in January this year in a rape case registered against him in 2015. He was released on interim bail on May 17,” said Jatin Narwal, DCP (North).

According to police’s investigation so far, there were at least half-a-dozen disputed properties owned by Hassan, the total worth of which is over Rs 2 crore. It was these properties that Hassan’s business partner, Sahid Khan alias Bunty, was eyeing.

Since the duo were business partners as real estate agents, Bunty knew of all dealings involving Hassan and the and disputed properties owned by him. So, while Hassan spent his time in jail in a rape case, Bunty allegedly planned carefully to grab all those properties.

“Bunty had already started preparing the duplicate documents which could help him grab the properties after Hassan’s death. But he kept helping Hassan with his court cases and family issues so that no one would suspect him,” said the DCP.

But merely killing Hassan would not be enough, so he allegedly planned to eliminate the politician’s family as well.