In connection with the murder of a home guard platoon commander Puran Singh at Pulbhatta on Thursday/Friday night, Udham Singh Nagar police have arrested one identified as Tahir, resident of Kichchha, on Friday. Police recovered a pistol and some cartridges from his possession. The accused is learnt to have admitted his crime during questioning and said that when he along with his three friends was going towards Sirauli Kala via Dopahiya with two stolen buffaloes at around 3 am, the platoon commandant, home guard Puran Singh stopped them near Dopahiya Khaira Farm for checking. The cattle lifters then manhandled Singh. As Singh caught one of them and raised alarm the locals gathered.
One of the cattle lifters then shot fire at Singh and escaped, leaving the buffalos behind. Singh later succumbed at a local hospital. later, SOG, dog squad, forensic team and senior police officers were rushed to the spot. A case under sections 302/34 of IPC was registered against some unidentified persons at the Pulbhatta police station. A team was formed and its members reviewed CCTV cameras. Based on footages and other investigation reports, one of the accused Tahir was arrested. Teams have been formed to nab others, said a police officer who is probing the crime.