In connection with the sensational murder of three persons of a family from Premnagar whose bodies were found in Sitarganj, Udham Singh Nagar police have arrested a woman, Chanchal, a relative of the deceased, charging her with involvement in the murder case.
She was arrested from her home located in Premnagar, Dehradun, late Tuesday night. She was later taken to Udham Singh Nagar by police for further interrogation. In the course of the interrogation, she is said to have confessed her involvement in the crime. She was sent to the jail after being produced in the court, said Udham Singh Nagar SSP Kewal Khurana.
Two persons - a car driver, Sanjay Pant alias Sonu, and his aide Anil Kumar, resident of Sisiya - were arrested on Tuesday night.
Sonu was allegedly having illicit relationship with Chanchal and they together hatched a plan to murder the three - Rajendra Joshi, his mother Kamla Joshi and his six-year old son Bhaskar Joshi. Sonu allegedly murdered the trio while they were going to Pithoragarh from Dehradun in the car the accused himself was driving on November 27.
Investigation revealed that her illicit relationship with Sonu had been running for the past many years with her married life not being happy. Sonu and Chanchal had allegedly planned to murder Rajendra, his mother and Rajendra's son to acquire four bigha lands worth around Rs 5 cr which was registered in the name of Rajendra's father. Sonu had planned to marry Chanchal and later, bumping off Deepak Joshi, brother of Rajendra, to acquire the coveted land.
Deepak Joshi, deceased Rajendra Joshi's brother who was still in Sitarganj told the police on Wednesday that he was feeling insecure. He said he was not sure how many persons had been involved in the crime. According to him, 20-year old Sonu could not have carried out the crime all by himself. He sought protection from the Dehradun police after he reached Dehradun. He demanded thorough investigation be conducted into the crime.