Shooting India's leader of opposition: Brother 'Pravin planned it a month ago'

Abhishek Sharan
Hindustan Times
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Mumbai, Maharashtra (India):
Pravin Mahajan had decided to kill his brother a month ago. Since then, he had been constantly trying to get a chance to meet Pramod Mahajan and carry out the plan.
Pravin revealed his "decision to kill" Pramod during his interrogations by the Worli police. Police Commissioner A.N. Roy confirmed this.
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"He had decided to kill him around a month ago and was looking for an opportunity to shoot him," he told HT. Asked if Pravin expressed any remorse or enquired about his brother who is battling for life at Hinduja Hospital, Roy said, "Pravin has clearly stated that he wanted to kill his brother and had shot only to kill. He has shown no indication of any remorse till now."
Some police interrogators said Pravin showed no signs of being mentally disturbed either. On the contrary, he appeared to be absolutely cool, coherent and logical when replying to questions. Pravin is said to be nursing a deep sense of inferiority complex vis-à-vis his "high profile, bada aadmi" elder brother and hurt that the latter did not do anything to get him "big construction contracts".
Apr 23, 2006