City police in an important breakthrough arrested two persons namely Jitendra Awasthi and Mahendra Baba in connection with Indore central jail shoot out incident and summoned them before the district court on Tuesday evening from where they were sent on police remand.
Complicity of Jitendra Awasthi and Mahendra Baba in Indore central jail murder case was revealed when police interrogated them in connection with the case jointly along with the main accused Jitendra Thakur. As soon as both the accused were brought to the district court amid heavy security arrangements, a large number of people as well as media persons had turned up there.
According to ASP Ramji Shrivastav, Accused Jitendra Awasthi had plotted murder of Arjun Tyagi who had killed his father Nanguru on June 4 this month following a property dispute. Awasthi who was knowing Jitendra Thakur and had a friendly term with him, had asked the latter that if he would kill Tyagi he will not only bear his court expenses but also offer him lakhs of rupees.
During a court hearing, Jitendra Thakur who was already spending jail term in connection with a murder case introduced Mahendra Baba, a native of Dewas district to Jitendra Awasthi, ASP Ramji Shrivastava informed adding that as agreed by the trio, Mahendra Baba, who resides in a village near Dewas town and who deals in sale and purchase of arms, pistols and cartridges, supplied pistol and cartridges to Jitendra Thakur inside the jail.
Following a well-orchastrated plan, Jitendra Thakur had shot dead Arjun Tyagi inside the central jail in Indore on September 4 this month from a pistol provided to him by Jitendra Awasthi through Mahendra Baba. In the incident, while Arujun Tyagi who received five bullets in his body, died on the spot while three other jail prisoners who tried to rescue Tyagi, also sustained injuries.