After 25 days of the blind murder of Vineet Trehan, a Senior Manager with Reliance Jio, who was brutally murdered near Uppal Society in Manimajra, Chandigarh Police on Thursday claimed to have cracked the case by arresting three youngsters, Manish, Aakash alias Golu & Aamir.
Police said the motive of the murder was robbery and the accused used mechanical Axels to kill the victim. Satish Kumar, DSP (East) Chandigarh told media on Thursday that the arrest of the accused could be made as one of the accused had himself confessed his crime to one of his known person. The police nabbed the accused on getting a tip off by the person, whom the accused had confided in, he added.
He said that a security guard Vicky Anand had seen the assailants, attacking a person in a car stationed at the spot. On Vicky’s complaint the case of murder was registered against the three unidentified accused.
Satish Kumar said that the accused were arrested on August 21 and the police had recovered the Axels, their blood stained clothes and the Motorcycle used in the crime. Police has also recovered two I-Cards issued by Reliance Jio, three pen drives and cards of deceased from the possession of the accused.
The accused Aakash alias Golu is a resident of Rajiv Colony, Panchkula, Manish belongs to New Indira Colony, Manimajra and Aamir is also from Manimajra. Manish (27) is the senior most among them while Aakash and Aamir are in their early twenties.
The accused are presently under police remand till August 27.
Vineet Trehan (38), a resident of Modern Housing Complex, Manimajra, was murdered by unidentified persons on the intervening night of July 30/31.