MLA's killing: Result of long standing gang war of 2 villages

The former INLD legislator Bharat Singh, who was gunned last evening, may have been the latest victim of the gang-war which has been going on in between two villages, Mitraun and Dichau Kalan of Najafgarh since the last nearly 25 years.
Delhi police now fear that Singh's killing might lead to similar turmoil between the two Najafgarh villages from where it all started with shady property dealing, grabbing of tenders as land rates in the capital rose substantially.
As Abhay Singh Chautala, Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly attended Bharat Singh's cremation, it was testimony of the strong political connections the former MLA and his brother Krishan Pahalwan were having.

Singh belonged to Dichau Kalan village which has had a long-standing rivalry with Mitraun since 1992 when the Anoop-Balraj gang of Mitraun and Singh's elder brother Krishan Pehlwan fought over a civic contract, a senior police official said.
In fact, Balraj and Krishan were once friends but things turned sour over a piece of land and a number of people lost their lives in the battle for supremacy between the two.
Krishan then joined hands with one Kapil who was the rival of Balraj. Meanwhile, criminals from both sides entered into property dealing and grabbing tenders, with the land rates in the Capital rising substantially, police said.

As Balraj was killed in 1998 and Anoop in 2003-04, Pehalwan's gang gradually became stronger as they allegedly received patronage of some Haryana-based politicians, police said.