11 policemen have been sentenced in the murder of Raja Mansingh of Bharatpur and two others. During the hearing of this prominent murder case on 21 February 1985, 1700 dates were given and 25 district judges were changed. In the year 1990, the case was transferred to the court of the Mathura District Judge.
A judgment has been taken in the Raja Mansingh killing on July 21, 2020 (Tuesday) after 35 years. An advocate of the litigant, Narayan Singh Viplvi, said that so far eight final arguments have been held and 78 total witnesses were produced, out of which 61 witnesses have been submitted by the defense.
“At the time Congress workers insulted the Bharatpur flag and this made Raja Man Singh very angry” the statement by Dushyant Singh.
“On February 21, 1985 Raja Man Singh along with Thakur Hari Singh, Thakur Sumer Singh and others was going to Deeg police station to surrender when the then deputy SP Kan Singh Bhati and other policemen fired indiscriminately at Raja Man Singh near the Anaj Mandi as part of a well-planned conspiracy,” said Mr. Dushyant in a statement.
Raja Man Singh was a lieutenant when he left service because of State tensions. He had been a seven-time MLA. Singh was the second of the four brothers of Maharaja Brajendra Singh, an honorary Colonel, who had taken over his father Maharaja Kishen Singh in 1929. After prevailing his father, Brijendra Singh became the guardian of the Bharatpur fort.