The owner of a gas agency was stabbed to death in the market by an employee following an argument regarding the employee’s leave. The murder in the public place stirred up concern in the Ramnagar area where the market was also closed in protest following the murder.
According to information received from sources, Bharat Gas Agency owner Vishal Agrawal, aged 30 years, had employed a youth named Narendra Kadakoti who was working in gas supply. It is reported that on Wednesday, Kadakoti had a heated verbal exchange with Agrawal on the subject of his leave. On Thursday afternoon, Kadakoti arrived at the main office of the gas agency at Jaspuriya line in the main bazaar where Agrawal was present.
While in a conversation, Kadakoti took out a knife from his pocket and assaulted Agrawal thrice on his chest before running away from the gas agency office. A seriously injured Agrawal was taken to a local hospital where the doctors referred him to Kashipur but the gas agency owner is reported to have succumbed to his injuries on the way to that hospital. In the meantime, the accused Kadakoti went to the police Kotwali and surrendered himself to the police. From the view point of security, the police took the accused to an undisclosed location while also acting on his information to recover the knife used in the murder.
According to sources, the entire murder episode was captured on closed circuit television camera. Angered at the murder, the local traders downed the shutters of their shops in protest. To ensure law and order the local administration has deployed police force in considerable numbers in the area to prevent any untoward incident. The locals state that the murder victim Vishal Agrawal was a genial personality and also used to enthusiastically get involved in social activities.