Saharanpur police on Wednesday dumped the sensational killing of Sachin Walia, younger brother of Bhim Army district president Kamal Walia, in Saharanpur as a case of an accidental firing.
They made above claims after arresting one of the friends of the victim on Tuesday and also claimed to have recovered the country made pistol which went off accidentally claiming Sachin’s life.
Deputy Inspector General (Saharanpur range) Sharad Sachan disclosed to the media persons that Praveen Tanda alias Manda, a resident of Ramnagar area was arrested for unintentionally murder of Sachin Walia and a country-made pistol was recovered from him. Sachan said that Praveen has confessed to his crime.
During interrogation he told police that on that day Sachin Walia had called him at another friend Nihal’s residence in Ramnagar where five other friends identified as Nitin, Chauki, Shivam, Rahul and Gullu were also present. They all were playing with loaded pistol which accidentally went off hitting Sachin. He was rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. A
case was registered against Praveen under charges of unintentionally murder, having arms illegally and later trying to conceal the crime. Further investigations into the matter was underway and cases were also registered against friends of deceased who were present that day at the time of crime and not disclosed the incident. The DIG also announced Rs 25,000 award for the police team that worked out the case.
It may be mentioned that panic was triggered on May 9 during birth anniversary celebration of of Maharana Pratap when Sachin Walia younger brother of Kamal Walia, district president Bhim Army was shot dead. Heave police force was deployed in the area following the incident to deal with any untoward situation.