Mumbai Amidst the Maharashtra Assembly elections, senior BJP leader and former MLA Poonam Mahajan has made a sensational claim regarding the murder of her father Pramod Mahajan. Poonam said that her father’s murder was a big conspiracy, which will come to light someday. Poonam claimed that Pramod Mahajan was not murdered for money or jealousy. He said that there was no family reason behind the father’s murder. Pramod Mahajan was shot dead by his brother Praveen Mahajan in 2006. After 18 years, Pramod Mahajan murder case has again come into discussion due to Poonam’s statement.
In an interview given to a news channel, Poonam Mahajan was questioned about the murder of her father. In response, Poonam said that the bullet was not the anger and jealousy of any one person. I always say that there was a big conspiracy behind this. Today, tomorrow or day after tomorrow we will know what the conspiracy was. From that you will know why this happened? There was no quarrel between the two brothers. This is the first time that a member of the Mahajan family has raised the issue of conspiracy behind the murder of Pramod Mahajan. Poonam Mahajan has said that she will request Home Minister Amit Shah for a fresh investigation into her father’s murder.
Poonam Mahajan said that at the time the incident happened in 2006, she was not in a position to express her suspicions, but she always had doubts about the circumstances surrounding her father’s death. Now that her party is in power both at the Center and in the state, she will write to Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis requesting a comprehensive investigation to uncover the truth.
Full story of Pramod Mahajan murder case
On April 22, 2006, around 7.30 am, Pramod Mahajan was sitting in the drawing room of his Purna Godavari Apartment house in Worli (Mumbai). There was some news channel on TV, its sound was coming. Tea was kept on the table in front and the moneylender had that day’s newspaper in his hands. There is a knock at the door. Rekha, Pramod’s wife, comes out of the bedroom and opens the door. His brother-in-law – Pramod’s younger brother – Praveen Mahajan was standing in front, wearing jeans and T-shirt.
There was nothing special between the two brothers, but if the younger brother came to the door, how could the elder brother close the door. Rekha opened the gate and Praveen came inside. Pramod was still busy reading the newspaper leisurely. Praveen sat on the sofa in front of them and Rekha went to the kitchen to make tea. When Pramod saw Praveen, he asked why he had come here?
Just a day before, Praveen had sent a message to Pramod – Now there will be no pleading, no prayer, now there will be a war, life or death. The next morning he was sitting in front of him and making a number of complaints. According to media reports of that time, Praveen cried sadly that his elder brother never helped him. When Praveen did not keep quiet, Pramod said that if he had any complaint then he should take an appointment. After this, the sound of bullets echoed in the flat.
‘Praveen, what have you done?
Rekha came running into the drawing room. Praveen had a pistol in his hands and Pramod Mahajan was lying soaked in blood on the sofa in front. Rekha screamed – Praveen, what have you done! When they pushed Praveen, he left from there. Rekha ran towards the 12th floor of the apartment crying. His brother and BJP leader Gopinath Munde lived there. When both of them came back immediately, they found that Pramod was conscious but his condition was deteriorating. By then the crowd had started gathering after hearing the noise.
Pramod Mahajan was taken to Hinduja Hospital in his son-in-law’s car. The news had spread throughout the country. Mahajan was a trouble-shooting leader of BJP, hence VIPs started reaching the hospital. On the other hand, after shooting his brother, Praveen reached Worli police station and surrendered. Pramod was treated for the next 13 days, many efforts were made to save him but he died on 3 May 2006.
A case was filed against Praveen for the murder of Pramod. In 2007, Praveen was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his brother. While serving his sentence, Praveen Mahajan died of a brain hemorrhage in 2010.
