Daijiworld Media Network – Kolkata (SP)

Kolkata, Jan 30: Judge of a fast track sessions court here, Tapan Sen, has announced the sentences relating to the attempt to murder case filed against Prabhushankar Aggarwal, owner of Haldirams, a household name for sweets and condiments in India. It may be noted that while holding the concerned guilty on January 27, the court had said that the sentences would be pronounced on Friday.

Aggarwal and the goondas hired by him, Gopal Tewari, Arun Khandewal, Manoj Sharma and Raju Sonkar, have been handed rigorous imprisonments. Gopal Tewari, who already is facing two other cases under the Arms Act, has been additionally sentenced to 11 years of jail term.

As reported earlier, Prabhushankar Aggarwal, owner of Haldirams, which runs ‘Food Plaza’ in Burra Bazar in the city, had planned to kill Satyaranarayan, who runs a tea stall opposite to his place of business, as he felt that Satyanarayan’s stall adversely affected the beauty of his Food Plaza.

Aggarwal’s argument that his company has been recording thousands of crores of rupees business per year, and that thousands of families, which totally depend on the income derived from dealing in Haldirams products, will suffer if he is jailed, did not find favour with the judge. Aggarwal had sought amnesty on this ground.