Key Points
The victim, Mohit Kumar, is alleged to have provided information on the whereabouts of Anand Malik, the youngest son of Chajju Ram, who was shot dead in 2018, allegedly by the Chippi gang..
So, when Naresh Malik reached Karors chaupal (panchayat building) for the election campaign, the Chajju gang locked the gates and chased Naresh out of the village, claims Gahlawat, whose father was friends with the patriarch of the Chajju family...
Another village elder, Sant Malik, recalls three mahapanchayats being called in the mid-1990s, when Chajjus sons allegedly refused to pay Rs 2.65 lakh to a Jat farmer after taking over his land.. Chaudhary Jagdish Malik, a former village head, says that Chajju Ram was a troublemaker even before the rise of his gang..
Jagdish says the police arrested Chajju and his sons on many occasions during the 1990s, but then they stopped coming as frequently until the terrible Diwali of 2008 when the gang allegedly murdered the wife and daughter of the villages largest landowner...
With the help of Deepender Hooda (Congress leader and whose father Bhupinder was CM at the time), I got an arms licence to protect myself and the family, he says.. Puru prepared a comprehensive file documenting 39 recorded crimes committed by the Chajju gang and submitted it to the CMs office in 2011..
