The prime accused in the murder of two people in broad daylight last week in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam town was arrested near Jadwasa on Friday evening.
Shortly after Congress councillor Yasmin Shairani was shot and injured by unidentified men last week outside the Municipal Corporation building, an angry Haider and his friends shot dead Kapil and his servant Pukhraj at Station Road area. Apart from Haider, five others accused in the murder are already under police custody while two others, including Rizwan, are absconding. Meanwhile, the district administration has lifted curfew from two police station limits while night curfew would continue to remain in force in other police station limits. Collector Sanjay Goyal told reporters here that arrangements in the District Hospital premises would be changed so that no person could create unto tense situation. The number of close circuit camera television (CCTV) cameras has been increased. He said that prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure would continue to remain in force but it would be relaxed in view of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh seeking permission for its ‘path sanchalan’.