Ponty Chadha, brother shot dead in family feud

A powerful liquor baron and his brother died in a shooting yesterday at the outskirts of New Delhi, police said, as a dispute over family property was fatal.
Ponty Chadha called "Booze Baron" by the media, and his younger brother, Harvinder were discussed, such as family assets divided a year after the death of his father, tycoon when the shooting occurred, said a lawyer family.
"The two brothers are dead, and we are studying the circumstances," said a police officer.
The exact circumstances of the shooting at the family home luxury were not clear, but police said he fired Harvinder Ponty first thing in a shootout that injured guard and was Ponty Ponty and Harvinder both died.
"There was a lot of ill will between the two brothers," said family lawyer Gaurang Kanth CNN-IBN television. "It's a shock to everyone - no one expected to climb to this level."
Ponty, who was in his mid-50s, had the value of your business fleet only estimated at Rs60bn ($ 1.1 million). His other interests of property extended to the malls, sugar factories and production of the film.
"There were a lot of problems in terms of the property settlement," according to the 2011 death of his father Kulwant Singh Chadha, founder Chadha Group Company, Kanth said by Ponty wanted to maintain control of the family empire.
The whereabouts of the third brother, Rajinder not immediately known.
"Ponty Hardvinder his brother around 11:30 today, convened to discuss a real estate business. Both had an argument that turned into a fight, after which the fire, which led to the death of the two "said a police officer of high rank.
"Gurpreet Singh aka Ponty Chadha Chadha and Chadha Hardvinder dead were taken to Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj New Delhi and later both bodies taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for autopsy," said a police officer.
Ponty, whose formal name is Gurdeep Singh Chadha ruled the fleet business in Uttar Pradesh after the grant of exclusive distribution license. He also had large fleet of other northern states.
A steady stream of family and friends attended the high fenced area where the shooting occurred when police raided the residence.
Television footage showed empty cartridges on the ground outside.
Chadha was selling sandwiches with her father in front of a liquor store as a child.
It is known that in the vicinity of both Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party supreme Mayawati, the decision is now Uttar Pradesh.