Patna: Son of Bihar Politician, Rocky Yadav, has been given life sentence for shooting a high school student in a hyped case of road rage last year.
Yadav, 31, was convicted last week by a court in Gaya, where he lived and where he opened fire on Aditya Sachdeva, a 17-year-old who was driving a Maruti Swift borrowed from his father to celebrate the end of his exams.
Yadav’s mother, Manorama Devi, was suspended by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from his party after the murder. His father, Bindi Yadav, a powerful and rich businessman has been ordered to five years in jail for charges including criminal conspiracy.
Accused’s cousin, Teni, and his bodyguard, Rakesh Kumar Ranjan, have also been sentenced to life in prison. They were traveling with Yadav in his Range Rover when it was overtaken by a Swift.
Yadav shot his pistol in the air as a warning. When the Swift pulled over, he got out, beat up Sachdeva and some of his friends, and then shot Sachdeva, who was in Class 12.
“Don’t you know who I am?” he reportedly asked the young students who he attacked.
He went missing after the murder and was found two days later in a factory owned by his father.
Though several of Sachdeva’s friends turned hostile in court, key evidence that helped nail Yadav included the gun used to kill the student. It was licensed to Yadav; he had it with him when the police tracked him down
