Two miscreants, who had opened fire at a 24-year-old youth near Sagar Avenue on March 12, were nabbed by Ayodhya Nagar police on Tuesday. A .32 bore pistol and a motorbike used in the crime have been seized from their possession. Himashu Baghel and Giriraj Tiwari were nabbed by police, who had opened fire at Dinesh Soni and recovered the pistol and a motorbike.
According to the police, the victim Deepak Soni was shot while he was at Sagar Avenue and escaped the spot. During the investigation, police found that the victim was attacked by a jilted lover, who incidentally saw photographs of his girlfriend with the victim Deepak Soni. Police found that the accused attacked the victim with the intention of killing him, but failed as the victim was hit in his left shoulder.
During the investigation, when Himanshu was detained and questioned he confessed to the crime and told the police that he found photographs of his girlfriend with Deepak and decided to kill him and on March 12, he along with Giriraj opened fire at Deepak.
Himanshu told that around one month ago, his laptop got exchanged with his girlfriend and while using her laptop, he found photographs of Deepak with his girlfriend. The victim and his brother Shivam run a travel agency.
Himanshu possesses crime record and was booked for bullying, assault and threatening for life. He had completed his BE from Technocrat College in 2013 and used to work for a company, which deals in mobile towers. Giriraj is also an engineering graduate and has completed his degree from Patel College of Engineering.