In connection to the murder of 50-year-od Surendra Rana, native of Baghpat, (Uttar Pradesh) in Kalsi on January 1, Dehradun police arrested seven more persons, all natives of Baghpat, on Saturday evening. Police said they had been arrested for withholding information about the murder despite having full knowledge of it. They were booked under section 201 of IPC in the police station, said Vikasnagar Circle Officer SK Singh.
Seven arrested are Sanjay Singh, Jitendra Singh, Arvind Kumar, Kuldeep Sharma, Chandar, Kuldeep Singh and Kiran Pal. Police had arrested three main accused on Friday who had allegedly murdered Rana . They are Anil Rana, Saneev Rana and Vijayveer, all natives of Baghpat. In course of interrogation, trio had admitted that they had strangled to death Rana by way of revenge for the scuffle they had had with him during Panchayat election in UP. The body was dumped in a nearby river.
However, these accused said that they had not informed police as they had been threatened of dire consequences by the three alleged murderers if they disclosed the murder to anybody.
Notably, the murder occurred on January 1 as eleven villagers from Baghpat went to Kalsi to picnic. Rana’s family members reported him missing at Kalsi police station on January 2. A team led by CO SK Singh was formed to probe the murder. Dog squad spotted the body one kilometer upstream the picnic spot on January 13.