Kavita Chaudhary

By the end of 2006, the murder of Kavita Choudhary, assistant professor of Fine Arts at the Choudhary Charan Singh University of Meerut had become such a political hot potato that the Mulayam Singh Yadav government had to ask for a CBI probe. It is another matter that the investigations are yet to yield anything and that Choudhary’s body has not been recovered. Three ministers then, Kiran Pal Singh, Choudhary Babulal, and Mirajuddin, featured in the probe.

Choudhary went missing on October 22 in 2006. Her family feared that she had been kidnapped and killed. Subsequent police investigations revealed that Choudhary had links with many prominent personalities. A CD of her sharing intimate moments with Mirajuddin and Singh also surfaced for which the former had apparently paid Rs 35 lakh in Delhi to Ravindra Pradhan, the prime accused in the case.

This booty became a source of dispute between Choudhary and Pradhan, after which he is believed to have murdered her and disposed off the body. In 2009, Pradhan was also found dead.