A village Sarpanch of Kasan village in Gurugram was allegedly shot dead on Wednesday night by three assailants at his dairy farm. The police have arrested two of the accused while one is on the run.
A murder case has been registered by victim's family at IMT Manesar police station. As per the initial investigation, a property dispute and an old enmity is suspected to be the reason behind the murder.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Bahadur Singh. On Wednesday night the victim was at his dairy farm with his nephew Rohit and his brother Sanjay. Around 8 pm three other villagers identified as Sunder Singh Fauji, Yashpal master and Rampal alias Ramu came to his dairy farm and fired several bullets at him. Bahadur Singh was shot thrice before he collapsed on the ground.
When his nephew Rohit tried to intervene during the incident the accused threatened him with dire consequences if he revealed anything about the crime to anyone. The accused then fled in a Tempo.
Soon after the crime the family of the deceased informed the police and rushed him to Manesar's Rockland Hospital, where he died during the treatment. later the probe team took the body to Gurugram for a post-mortem. The body was then handed over to his family.
“ Police have arrested Sunder Fauji and Yashpal master in connection with the murder while Rampal is yet to be arrested and efforts are on to arrest him. A team of the IMT Manesar police station is investigating the case,” Ravinder Kumar, spokesperson of Gurugram police, said.
“An FIR was registered at the complaint of Rohit at IMT Manesar police station the same day under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intent) of IPC and relevant sections of the Arms Act,” Kumar said.