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taking the money, Shafi was not able to find the place. The gang made its first attempt on Beg on 27 June 1998 and finally succeeded two days later when the MP was shot six or seven times before he finally collapsed at around 9:30 pm, at the time of
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were the main reasons for Mirza's murder. Chhota Rajan is believed to have contacted Rohit Verma in Nepal to organise the killing and advised him not to strike in
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Beg, the elusive crook found
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and his local hideout was raided by the Nepal police. Even as the modalities for Wahi's surrender were being worked out, his dead body -- hacked into pieces -- was recovered at the Indo-Nepal border near
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area. As he climbed from his car and was walking towards the residence, killers gunned him down. His driver, who was parking the car, was also killed. In an interview published in the Indian newsmagazine
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