Ponty Chadha murder: Namdhari's personal security officer suspended

Dehradun: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari’s gunner Sachin Tyagi, whose name cropped up in connection with Ponty Chadha murder case, has been suspended, a senior police official said today. “Tyagi has been placed under suspension on the basis of information provided by Delhi Police crime branch under whose custody he is at present,” SSP Udhamsinghnagar district Anant Shankar Takwale said. [caption id=“attachment_548335” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] Tyagi was at Chattarpur farmhouse along with Namdhari at the time of the shootout in which liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep were killed. He had allegedly told interrogators that he fired a few shots during the crossfire to defend the sacked minority panel chief, also under Delhi police custody in connection with the case. A constable of Uttarakhand police, Tyagi hails from Haridwar and was posted as Namdhari’s gunner since 30 December, 2010. He had been removed from Namdhari’s security on 29 January this year but was redeployed after a government order on 2 February. PTI