Gangster plotted to kill Nagaland politician for Rs 80 lakhs & Ford Endeavour: Report

DIMAPUR, JANUARY 2 (MExN): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly registered a case against a gangster who reportedly struck a 'deal' to kill a senior Nagaland politician for Rs 80 lakh and a Ford Endeavour car after the 2019 general elections. 

An NDTV report on Thursday night identified the alleged gangster as one Vijay Farmana from Uttar Pradesh. It may be noted that Farmana was arrested on May 17, last year by the Delhi Police’s crime branch. Subsequent investigation led to the emergence of him being involved in a plot to kill a politician in Nagaland. 

NDTV reported that the the Home Ministry, taking a serious note of the case, had asked the CBI to take over the probe into the case on July 31.

The CBI's probe revealed Farmana had visited Nagaland earlier with his associates Sharad Pandey and Kapil Chitania in April 2019.

The report added that CBI officials have refused to disclose the identity of the Nagaland politician. Quoting sources from the agency, NDTV informed that the CBI would be taking Vijay Farmana into custody soon to ascertain who hired him  and whether it was a political conspiracy or not.