The recovery of the bodies of two brothers, who had gone missing from the State Capital for the past few days, from the jungles of Harda district, created turmoil from Harda to Bhopal. The Agrawal community, the victims belonged to, has launched an agitation.
Ruckus was created in Harda and some people took to streets after charred bodies of missing brothers were recovered near a canal in Harda district on Thursday. They were missing for the past three days.
Heavy police force was deployed to maintain law and order situation which was disturbed by the angered family members, relatives and villagers of the two deceased - lawyer Naveen Agrawal and Sudheer Agrawal.
According to the police, a dispute over 7 acres of land in Mohanpura village in Harda district was the reason behind the murder of Agrawal brothers.
The deceased Naveen Agrawal and Sudheer Agrawal had land dispute with Jagdish Rajput who hired bouncers to assault the deceased and people accompanied them at the village.
On May 23 both accused and deceased agreed to meet at the disputed land and when deceased reached the village along with five others they were held captive and were beaten brutally. Those with the deceased left after being beaten brutually and are undergoing treatment while the deceased went missing and later found dead on Thursday.
Family members alleged that Jagdeesh Rajput and his aides were behind the kidnapping of the two deceased and when the two remained missing for two days the family members feared that they might have been killed by the Rajput and his aides.
The bodies were burnt to hide the identity of the two and in the initial investigation the family members were asked to identify the bodies.
Congress party workers led by senior Congress leader Govind Goyal took opportunity to take political mileage of the situation and protested at Home Minister Babulal Gaur's residence and were arrested by the police. Gaur assured that strict action would be taken against the culprits.
Police have arrested Nikhil Tiwari and Jagdeesh Rajput. In the investigation Nikhil Tiwari told the police that the two died while they were beaten brutally on May 23 and later the bodies were burnt and dumped at Bandarkoh.