How Could You? Hall of Shame-UK-Gopal Ajani case-Child Death
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From London, UK, adopted mother Arti Dhir, 52, “was arrested after an Interpol alert and faces a deportation hearing to India on suspicion of child murder.
Indian prosecutors allege Dhir, who worked at Heathrow Airport, was behind the brutal killing of her adopted 12-year-old son Gopal Ajani.
The tragic orphan and his brother-in-law was stabbed to death in an ambush by hitmen on motorbikes in February.
Indian cops claim Dhir, of Hanwell, west London, and former neighbours Nitish Mund and Kanwaljit Raizada, adopted Gopal, in Gujarat, north west India, in 2015.
They are accused of taking out a 10million rupee (£150,000) life insurance policy just days before the orphan and his brother-in-law Harsukh Patel were stabbed to death on a road outside Rajkot.
Cops claim Dhir, who worked as an air freight representative for Worldwide Flight Services, at Heathrow, plotted to pocket the life insurance cash after his death.
Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ for Dhir in April and she was picked up by cops in June despite telling family she was going on holiday.
Insp Ashok Tilva, of Gujarat Police, said: “After the adoption formalities of Gopal were completed, they had taken a life insurance of Rs 1.30 crore (£150,000) for the boy.
“The insurance money was to be shared among the three in proportion to the premium they contributed.
“They had also paid two premiums of Rs 13 lakh (£15,000) each.
“From the day Gopal’s life insurance was taken, Nitish began making plans to kill him.
“He hired two contract killers and gave them Rs 5 lakh (£6,000). They tried to eliminate the boy earlier too but could not find a conducive place.”
Police claimed the trio began plotting the adoption and murder when they met in London in 2015.
Mund and Raizada, both of India, were studying in London when they met Dhir, it is claimed.
Interpol appealed for information after Indian authorities submitted an extradition request to face a murder trial.
Dhir was arrested by The Met’s Extradition Unit on June 29 and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
She remains in custody awaiting a deportation hearing.
A relative, who did not want to be named, said: “We don’t know where she is. She told us she was going on holiday.
“Now we see she is wanted for murder of a 12-year-old boy which is very concerning for us.”
[The Sun 9/3/17 by Matt Wilkinson]
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