A sharpshooter who had taken part in a national level shooting competition Saurabh alias Varun Choudhary was arrested after he allegedly fired outside the house of a woman advocate Rekha Mittal at Sewlakala near Shimla Bypass Road in Patelnagar on Monday night. The woman advocate narrowly escaped the shot fired from a country-made pistol. While being grilled, he said that he had fired to warn Rekha at the behest of the wife of a lawyer Sushila Mittal. Dehradun police arrested Sushila too on Tuesday under sections 452/307/120b of IPC. It is learnt that though Saurabh originally hails from Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) he was currently residing in Clement Town in the city.
Earlier, based on advocate Rekha Mittal’s complaint, a case was registered under sections 307 and 25 Arms Act against the accused Saurabh and other persons in Patelnagar police station. Team has been formed to arrest the other accused of the case. Police said that one Ravindra Singh, native of Narsan, was also with Saurabh during the incident.
In her written complaint, Rekha Mittal stated that as she had got back to her house at around 8 pm she had found two persons roaming around. She further said as shots were fired they missed her narrowly. locals rushed in and apprehended one of the duo from the spot while the other escaped.
Police later recovered a country made pistol, nine cartridges, two magazines and a car from the possession of Saurabh.
In course of interrogation, he is learnt to have said that he had not fired the shot. He is said to have told police that he had acted on the instruction of Sushila Mittal, wife of advocate DK Mittal as he was acquainted with her.
Earlier, Sushila Mittal had registered a complaint against Rekha Mittal under sections 420/467/468/471/504/506 of IPC in Clement Town police station, alleging that Rekha had been naming DK Mittal as her husband in the papers related to her property. Police were on the lookout for the fugitive Ravindra Singh, said SP City Ajay Singh.