Haryana Police on Sunday claimed to have cracked the murder case of eminent doctor Rajiv Gupta with the arrest of three persons.
The 56-year-old doctor was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne persons in Haryana’s Karnal district on Saturday.
“Three people, including a former employee of the victim, were arrested on Sunday in connection with murder,” police said.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, whose hometown is Karnal, visited the family of Dr Rajiv Gupta on Sunday. Director General of Police Manoj Yadav had earlier reached the crime spot.
Inspector General Yogendra Nehra while talking to the mediapersons said that police had questioned 15 suspects.He said the main accused was Gupta’s former employee Pawan Dahiya, who was sacked from his job last December after over a decade of service.
The other accused have been identified as Raman and Shiv Kumar, all three residents of Karnal.
Dr Rajiv Gupta was attacked when he and his driver left the hospital in Chaura Bazar, Karnal in a vehicle. Three masked men had stopped their motorcycle in front of the SUV and fired at Gupta, police said.
The doctor, who suffered two bullet wounds had succumbed to his injures at the hospital.
The main accused, Pawan, and his two accomplices, Raman and Shiv Kumar, were nabbed from the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border.
According to the police, Pawan, who worked as a dialysis technician, revealed that he was terminated from services last December. He was apparently upset as he could not get a job anywhere till now because of the alleged influence of the doctor.
Police also recovered a .32 bore locally-made gun from the accused.Meanwhile, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who represents the Karnal assembly segment, met the doctor's family on Sunday and expressed his condolences.
While talking to the mediapersons later, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal claimed that the law and order system in the state is perfect and Haryana Police is fully capable of putting a check on crimes.
“Haryana Government had launched Dial 100 for the information of crimes and now the Central Government has launched Dial 112 for the entire country. This scheme of the government will enable to curb crimes and criminal activities,” he said.
The law and order in Haryana is better and strict directions have been issued to the police so that there should be no such incidents. Now, there is decline in number thefts and snatching incidents, he claimed.
The Chief Minister also said that new recruitments have been made to increase the strength of police force in the state and modern equipments have also been provided to the police.
Notably, the Congress had slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, alleging that it had failed to ensure the safety of its citizens in Haryana.
“Criminals are ruling the roost in Karnal and law and order situation has collapsed," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala had tweeted.
Senior Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Chautala had also condemned the incident.