In a rare crime, a security guard posted at the Champawat district Cooperative Bank reportedly shot dead two employees of the same bank located at Khetikhan following an altercation on Friday.
The deceased have been identified as bank cashier lalit Bisht and bank peon Rajesh Verma.
The accused guard Dinesh Bora was later arrested from his residence by the revenue police, said Champawat superintendent of police Dhirendra Singh Gunjyal while talking to The Pioneer on Friday. Notably, four persons- branch manager Naresh lal, cashier lalit Bisht, peon Rajesh Verma and guard Dinesh Bora were reported to be working in the bank which is operational for many years.
SP said that after receiving complaint from the families of the deceased, a case under section 302 of IPC was registered at lohaghat police station. A team has been formed to investigate the case, he said. The accused was being interrogated by the team to get details of the incident, SP sadded.
As per the preliminary investigation report, the accused is leant to have confessed the crime. Police sources said that the shooting spree was the sequel to the heated arguments that happened on Thursday between the guard and the two employees. “Things flared up as the guard came to bank at around 10 am on Friday and he went straight to the place where cashier lalit Bisht aged around 35, was sitting.
Bora shot at him around 10.15. As he came out he found the peon Rajesh Verma alias Raju aged around 40 and fired shot at him too. He then escaped into the forest. Both died on the spot,” a police officer who is investigating the case said.
This incident triggered panic among the bank employees and the local residents. SP Gunjyal ADM Hamant Kumar Verma, some other police officers and sub-divisional Magistrate rushed to the spot upon receiving information of the incident.
The local MlA reached the bank too. Forensic team also reached and they collected evidences.
Revenue police later arrested Bora from his residence and handed him over to the SOG for investigation. Meanwhile, the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
A police officer probing the case said that it was not yet clear to them what exactly provoked the security guard to shot dead two of his colleagues. “Things will be clear soon as the investigation is on,” he added.