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ROMESH SHARMA FRIEND MURDERED 

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FROM DIPTOSH MAJUMDAR Published 20.03.99, 12:00 AM
New Delhi, March 20 :     A girlfriend of suspected Dawood accomplice Romesh Sharma, now in Tihar jail, was murdered at a farmhouse in Delhi?s outskirts today. Kunjam Budhraj, alias Dolly, Sharma?s 29-year-old mistress who had stood by him even after his arrest, was eliminated by underworld accomplices of Sharma?s nephew, Surendra Mishra. Kunjam had frustrated Delhi police as they tried to build the case against the Delhi don. It was in her house in Sarvodaya Enclave ? a gift from Sharma ? that the police unearthed substantial cash and other documents related to his countrywide assets on October 20 last year. That was when the Sharma case had begun to unfold. The police were coming to grips with Sharma?s network and his massive clout with politicians whom he plied with wine and women. Kunjam had stubbornly withstood interrogation by sleuths of the Delhi police. The grit and steadfastness earned her Sharma?s confidence. His other mistresses had deserted him, but Kunjam remained loyal. Only yesterday, Kunjam?s father Amritlal Budhraj and brother Pawan had visited Sharma in Tihar jail. Sharma was worried about his disputed farmhouse in Chhattarpur in the Mehrauli police station area. He advised both father and son that Kunjam should visit the farmhouse and hold a puja in the compound. This is the same farmhouse that Sharma had forcibly taken over from S.K. Subba. A miffed Subba moved court but the farmhouse still remains with Sharma, who had entrusted Surendra Mishra to take care of it. Kunjam, forever obedient to Sharma, reached the farmhouse around noon today. She was preparing for the puja when four henchmen of Mishra walked in. She was hardly given a chance to sound the alarm. The four men pounced on her and within seconds stabbed her to death. Vivek Gogia, additional deputy commissioner of Delhi Police?s southern division, said his personnel had no difficulty in identifying the allegiance of the assailants. Eyewitnesses reported to the police that the killers were Mishra?s friends and accomplices. Gogia told The Telegraph: ?We can definitely say now that one of the biggest heirs of Sharma?s vast property has been eliminated.? Sharma?s faith in Kunjam grew after she refused to turn a witness for the prosecution. She turned down several proposals from the police to cooperate with them. Police said Surendra strongly resented Sharma?s increasing dependence on Kunjam. He had realised that his hold on Sharma?s property (Sharma had made him accountable for at least three of his sprawling bungalows and other undisclosed assets) was slipping with Kunjam emerging as a power centre. Today?s murder was a desperate ploy. A senior Delhi police official said Mishra had only acted like a fool. Sharma had every right to disinherit him now that he has taken the life of the woman who was so dear to him.    
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