Sudesh Sarin cannot believe that Gopal Khemka is no one else. Sarin, who was a close friend, was only a few minutes ago with the chief Patna businessman Khemka He was killed on Friday night Near his residence in Gandhi Maidan area of the city.
He said, “We were returning from Bankipore Club. He took me down on the exhibition road a few minutes before the incident. Around midnight, I got a call from another friend who told me that Gopal was shot and killed,” he said, “He said,” If the attack had happened minutes before, it could have happened to me. “
In Bihar, a famous businessman and owner of Magadh Hospital, Khemka-Khetit, was shot dead by unknown assailants late on Friday night near his residence in Gandhi Maidan, connected to the Bharatiya Janata Party as he was leaving his car near the Twin Tower Residential Complex. His murder six years later, his son Gunjan, after a local BJP leader, was killed in a similar way in Hazipur, while in the industrial area in his paper mill.
One of the most prominent traders in the city, Khemka had various commercial interests – from being the owner of a hospital and some factories to expand in real estate. He is alive by a doctor son and a daughter living abroad.
Security personnel and other businessmen are standing outside the residence of Gopal Khemka. (PTI photo)
The murder has shook his friends and acquaintances – especially given that it was very heartbroken by the city.
Kusumalata Verma, who is known about Khimkas for 37 years, “Despite such a posh area and Gandhi Maidan Police Station for about one and a half hours, no police officer reached the spot for about one and a half hours.” “If a police vehicle was present, the incident might have been stopped. I myself passed through the area around 11:15 pm.”
According to Sarin, there was no known controversy of Khamka, nor was he received any threats. Khemka and her family were “well -respected people”.
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“He never discussed any problem. He was a good person,” he said.
It was through the city’s Bankipore Club that 37 -year -old businessman Rajiv Kumar Singh met Khemka six years ago. While Khemka was the director of the club, Singh was a member who saw the place repeatedly.
“Khemka Chacha was the director of the club. He was also a prominent member of the Rotary Club,” he said. “If such a prominent person can be murdered in the heart of the city, near the residence of the District Magistrate, which is safe in Patna?”
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