<p>A senior Delhi Police officer was aware of the conspiracy being hatched to trespass into a farmhouse in south Delhi where a shootout took place Nov 17, 2012, leading to the death of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, a lawyer told the court Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Defence lawyer K K. Manan told Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav that a senior police official was in touch with Hardeep.<br /><br />However, he did not disclose the name of the officer but claimed that a day before the shootout, on Nov 16, 2012, the police officer had a meeting with Hardeep and a politician who was then a minister.<br /><br />Concluding the argument on framing of charges, Manan added that there may be a possibility of a conspiracy hatched by Hardeep to trespass into the farmhouse with the connivance of the police and the minister.<br /><br />Police had alleged that a conspiracy to kill Hardeep was hatched by the then Uttarakhand minorities commission chairman S.S. Namdhari and other accused, arrested in connection with the killing of the Chadha brothers.<br /><br />The court after hearing the argument, posted to Dec 21 its order on framing of charges against Namdhari and the other 21 accused.<br /><br />The Crime Branch had arrested Namdhari, his PSO Sachin Tyagi and others for their alleged role in the shootout.<br /><br />However, the trial against Ponty and Hardeep has been abated as they both died in the shootout.<br /></p>
<p>A senior Delhi Police officer was aware of the conspiracy being hatched to trespass into a farmhouse in south Delhi where a shootout took place Nov 17, 2012, leading to the death of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, a lawyer told the court Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Defence lawyer K K. Manan told Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav that a senior police official was in touch with Hardeep.<br /><br />However, he did not disclose the name of the officer but claimed that a day before the shootout, on Nov 16, 2012, the police officer had a meeting with Hardeep and a politician who was then a minister.<br /><br />Concluding the argument on framing of charges, Manan added that there may be a possibility of a conspiracy hatched by Hardeep to trespass into the farmhouse with the connivance of the police and the minister.<br /><br />Police had alleged that a conspiracy to kill Hardeep was hatched by the then Uttarakhand minorities commission chairman S.S. Namdhari and other accused, arrested in connection with the killing of the Chadha brothers.<br /><br />The court after hearing the argument, posted to Dec 21 its order on framing of charges against Namdhari and the other 21 accused.<br /><br />The Crime Branch had arrested Namdhari, his PSO Sachin Tyagi and others for their alleged role in the shootout.<br /><br />However, the trial against Ponty and Hardeep has been abated as they both died in the shootout.<br /></p>