May 17 was also the day Hassan, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2013 assembly election from Badli seat in Delhi, was released on interim bail from Tihar Jail. He had hired contract killers to commit the crime. Police have recorded the statements of three people who stay in the same building where the four contract killers were put up until May 20. Police said Bunty promised the contract killers a share in Hassan’s property, and also paid them Rs 3 lakh. Bunty thought he could use this to implicate the neighbour, and before the murder, tried to create conflict between him and Hassan,” police said.

Source: Indian Express May 24, 2017 21:00 UTC