Police have arrested two accused in connection with the murder of a property dealer in Sector-9 area on June 22. One countrymade pistol of .32 bore and five live cartridges have been seized from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Shashikant alias Sunny and Arjun, a resident of village Basai in Gurugram. Two of their accomplices Sumit and lalit alias Moni are still at large.
Following a tip-off, both the culprits were nabbed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Inspector Sajjan Singh, In-charge Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), Palam Vihar and Inspector Bijender Singh SHO of Sector-9 police station from village Chandu on June 29.
During the interrogation, the accused revealed that there was some old dispute between the two groups which prompted them to kill Kataria. On June 22, the assailants arrived on two bikes and shot the victim seven times.
According to police, two of the four accused have past criminal records. lalit and Arjun were the prime accused in the case as they both shot deceased Narender Kataria.
Meanwhile, police have given a clean chit to lajpat Kaushik and Vijay Kaushik who were under suspicion in the crime as the victim's family alleged the involvement of the two brothers.
The 28-year-old Kataria was shot dead by the accused persons on June 22 when he was returning home after playing badminton around 7.30 pm, from Kataria market in Sector-9 area.
Police had registered a case on the complaint of the victim's brother under Section 302 (murder), 34 (act done by several persons with common intention), including 25-54-59 Arms Act of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sector-9 police station.
"The two more accused are still absconding. Teams are conducting raids about their hideout and will nab the culprits soon, said DCP (crime) Sumit Kuhar. The arrested duo was on Friday produced before the court that remanded them to four-day police custody.