Udham Singh Nagar Police on Thursday arrested two persons — Hemraj Kochar and his son Pankaj — for being allegedly involved in the case of assaulting Gadarpur Naib Tehsildar Sher Singh. Singh was allegedly assaulted by Gadarpur BJP MlA Arvind Pandey and others on August 25. MlA Pandey was arrested on September 7 and his accomplice Deepak was arrested in connection the same case on September 10.
Gadarpur Police Station in-charge Pradeep Singh Rana confirmed that MlA’s accomplices Hemraj Kochar and his son Pankaj had been arrested after police had raided their residence. The accused Pankaj and Hemraj were sent to 14 days’ judicial custody after they were presented in the court in Rudrapur on Thursday. Notably, MlA Pandey who had gone
underground the day a case was registered against him was finally arrested on September 7.
Police said the fracas had happened after Gadarpur Naib Tehsildar Sher Singh had reached a disputed piece of land measuring around two acres in Gadarpur to broker a solution among two brothers who were fighting over the possession of the land on August 25.
Sher Singh had registered a complaint and a case under sections 147/148/149/332/395 and sections under SC/ST Act was subsequently registered against MlA Pandey and around five of his named
supporters and around a dozen unknown supporters. Four or five more persons involved in the case against whom case had been registered in the police station, Gadarpur will be arrested soon, said Rana.