Two held, weapons recovered from their possession
Nainital Police claimed to have solved the murder of Haldwani resident Yogesh Kumar who was shot dead by two unidentified persons on Sunday evening.
The police arrested two accused — Haldwani resident Sandeep Jaiswal and Rudrapur resident Rahul Rathore — for their alleged involvement in this murder. Police have also recovered weapons from their
possession, said Nainital Senior Superintendent of Police Vimmi Sachdeva.
Sachdeva said that deceased’s brother Jugal Kishore had registered a complaint in Haldwani Police Station wherein he stated that his brother Yogesh Kumar was walking towards his home after closing the shop in the city at 8 pm on Sunday.
Two unidentified persons shot him at point blank at around 8.40 pm in front of lalit Kumar Gupta’s home in the city. He fell on the ground and criminals managed to escape from the scene.
locals informed the police about a body lying in a pool of blood on the ground. Police reached the spot and took Yogesh to the local hospital where he was declared dead by doctors.
The SSP said that taking cognisance of this case, several teams including homicide squad were formed and these began searching for the murderers.
The police managed to arrest Sandeep Jaiswal and Rahul Rathore from Rampur Road, Haldwani. During interrogation, both confessed to the crime which was committed following a dispute regarding a truck between Jaiswal and Kumar.
In revenge, Jaiswal purchased a gun and bullets for Rs 8 000 from Rathore. Jaiswal called Rathore at his home on Sunday noon and drafted a plan to murder Kumar.
As planned, Jaiswal shot Kumar on Sunday. State Director General of Police BS Sidhu, DIG Kumaon Range and Nainital SSP announced reward of Rs 10, 000, Rs 5000 and Rs 2, 500 respectively for the teams involved in solving the murder case without delay.