After three days of intense search for murder accused police have managed to arrest one of the eight accused who stabbed Neeraj Unthwal to death on the eve of Diwali; police have raised reward to Rs 40000 for providing details of murderers.
Handling the case by forming several teams police remained empty handed on the fourth day of the murder of Neeraj who was brutally murdered.The murder which looks to be done in fit of rage was planned as the accused attacked with the intention to kill and stabbed Neeraj to death which was over old dispute. In the attack two cousins of Neeraj were also injured.
Later, in the investigation it was found that deceased was affiliated to ruling party while accused were inclined towards Congress which was also reason of rift between them apart from the fact that they belonged to same community and have tussle over dominance in the area due to difference in their financial status.
In the investigation so far one of the accused Ankit has been arrested by the police while seven accused remained absconding. Encroachment of murder accused Rajendra alias Raju Dhanwar’s in Nehru Nagar was razed on Monday. The reward for providing the details of killers have been raised to Rs 40000.
The armed miscreants identified Chhotu aka Vinay (19) of Nehru Naga, Rajendra alias Raju Dhanwar(19) of Ambedkar Nagar, Ankit Lavaria (22) of Nehru Colony, Kapil, Dipendra Pal(23), Golu alias Tiger Jainwar(23), Amit Dhanwar and Pappu alias Hemant Chaudhary.
The police registered a case under sections 294, 323, 307, 302, 147, 148, 149 IPC of the IPC and started investigation.