Seven persons were involved in killing truck driver and stealing iron bars loaded in the truck on August 15, said DIG Dharmendra Choudhary while speaking to media persons on Wednesday.
On August 15 at Jhagaria Pathar truck driver Makhan Singh was found dead while truck was found near Ayodhya Bypass.
During the investigation it was found that iron was sold to Naushad Shaikh which was the vital clue and when he was quizzed he revealed that Vijay and Ritesh have provided him the iron bars.
Vijay and Ritesh were nabbed and later in the investigation they confessed that along with Wahid Noor, Karan and one other killed Makhan Singh and later abandoned the truck at Ayodhya Bypass.
The deceased was on its way carrying 12 tonnes of steel of SD Bansal Iron Steel in Mandideep from Mandideep to Karond and in between the accused held him captive, murdered him and disposed body and later sold the iron to Naushad.
A case under section 302 of the IPC was registered and started investigation during which Naushad Khan, Vijay Shrivastava and Ritesh Bharke were found accused and were nabbed.
Ritesh is brother-in-law of Vijay and was friend of Naushad. Police said that more than 100 CCTV cameras were investigated during the investigation which helped in solving the case.
Search for the remaining absconding accused has been intensified.
The crime record of the nabbed accused would be investigated. The police have booked the accused under sections 302, 394 and 201 of the IPC.