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The prosecution had alleged in the court that Namdhari had played a "vital" role in conspiracy with the other accused who had allegedly acted on his orders. Of the ten accused, he is the only person to have been booked under section 302 IPC for murder, according to it. Ponty's aides Bhupender Singh, Uday Raj Singh, Rajpal Singh, Anand Singh Bisht, Mathura Singh Mehra and Satnam Singh are also accused in the case. Police have also booked Namdhari's men Simranjeet Singh and Jagbir Singh for allegedly helping him in the commission of the crime. All the ten accused, including Namdhari, have been booked for allegedly committing offences of hatching criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, dacoity, assault, destruction of evidence, trespass, illegal confinement and kidnapping under the IPC and also charged them under the Arms Act. Meanwhile, the IO informed the court that the police have arrested one more persons, Narinder Allawat in the case, who is bedridden due to bullet injury caused to him during the shootout at the farmhouse.

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First Published: Feb 15 2013 | 7:13 PM IST

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