The body of Uttarakhand Purv Sainik Kalyan Nigam (UPNl) ex-Public Relations Officer Yudhveer Singh Rawat was recovered at Rajpur Road near Sai Mandir on Friday morning. His body has been sent for post mortem, said Rajpur Police Station in-charge Amarjeet Singh on Friday.
Former Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Matbar Singh Kandari reached the Doon Hospital to see the body and said that he might have been killed by his enemies. Amarjeet Singh said that police was informed that a body was lying near the Sai temple. Police reached the spot and recovered 42 year old Rudrapur resident Rawat’s body at around 6.30 am. Rawat had sustained severe injuries on his head and elsewhere on the body.
On suspicion, a woman who was seen with him on Thursday evening was arrested and investigation was on while this report was being filed. Sources said that earlier Rawat was personal secretary of Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat. He reached Dehradun for enrolling a student in one of the medical colleges of the city. He was seen with a woman in the Rajpur area on Thursday evening and his mobile phone was switch off during evening hours.