Recovery of three unidentified bodies bearing firearm injuries on it created a panic among the villagers in Hasanpur police station area of Amroha district. The incident remained a hot issue among them to discuss round the day on Sunday.
According to a report, some villagers spotted bodies of three youths of age around 25 years lying at Hasanpur Amroha road around 5 am on Sunday. The bodies bore firearm injuries which suggested that they were shot from close range. A 9 mm pistol with magazine loaded, 6 cartridges and a jacket was lying near the bodies. When the cops frisked the jacket, 37 cartridges consisting of 315 bore, 9 mm and 7.62 bore besides two mobile sets and a diary containing telephone numbers of National Capital Region (NCR) were recovered from one of the pockets. The cops sent the bodies for post-mortem and further investigations are on.
Preliminary investigation disclosed that the victims were killed some where and there bodies were dumped at road side. The cops were baffled at the recovery of huge cache of cartridges and a pistol of prohibited bore from near the bodies. Sources privy to investigation disclosed that murder of the victims was a part of some greater conspiracy. "Each of the victims suffered two bullet injuries either in his head or chest," they said.
later one of the bodies was identified to be of one Shanawaz of Zafarabad locality in New Delhi. The sources said Shanawaz a hard core criminal and he had 15 cases which included 4 loot and 4 of murder registered against him. He was released on bail in August 2013. On his identification, the cops believed that the murder would a fall out of gang war between two rival groups one of which would have being led by Shahnawaz. Further investigations are on.