Dehradun Police will file an application in the court for police remand of one of the accused Sanjeev in connection with murder of Yudhveer Singh Rawat, ex-PRO of Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat for further investigation on Monday, said Rajpur Police Station in-charge Amarjeet Singh on Sunday. It may be mentioned here that Sanjeev is in Haridwar jail.
Singh, who recently interrogated Sanjeev in Haridwar jail after prior permission of the court, said that Sanjeev knows Umesh Chaudhary and he along with Chaudhary had met Sudha Patwal in Dehradun from where Patwal had offered Rs five lakh to trio - Hari Om Vashishth, Umesh and Sanjeev to murder Rawat. In the deal, this money was to be distributed equally among them.
According to Singh, police will file an application in the court for police remand of Sanjeev. He will be interrogated to ascertain whether anyone else was involved in the conspiracy to murder Rawat. Based on interrogation report of the accused, further evidence will be collected to make the case against the accused strong, he added. Several cases of murder against Sanjeev have already been registered in the police stations of Meerut, Shamli, Haridwar, and Ghaziabad.
It may be noted here that police had recovered Rawat’s body near Sai Mandir area at Rajpur Road on August 9. Police had arrested Indiranagar Colony resident Sudha Patwal and Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) native Hari Om Vashishth and Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) native Umesh Kumar Chaudhary on August 12, August 13 and August 27 respectively and all are in jail.