Haryana IAS officer arrested for plotting murder of his friend

Chandigarh: Suspended Haryana cadre IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar has been arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly conspiring to murder a businessman based in the national capital. Kumar, a 1985 batch officer, along with former Haryana chief minister, Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA son, Ajay Chautala and 53 others was earlier convicted by a Delhi court for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior teachers and was out on parole. The IAS officer was arrested after the police learnt about the alleged murder plot he was hatching with the help of a contract killer after a property dispute with his friend. Kumar was arrested along with alleged gangsters Shoukat Pasha and two shooters Taufiq and Manna.