With arrest of accused Govind in the Kamal’s murder case on Saturday, police on Sunday claimed to have sovledc the murder case.
Police have been trying hard to the solve case after it was transferred to police from revenue police. Superintendent of Police Ajay Joshi has announced reward of Rs2,500 to the police team.
According to SP office information, Vijay, a resident of Balmiki colony, Pauri, lodged a report in Pabo police post in which he alleged that body of his younger brother Kamal was thrown into a gorge on Paubo-Satpuli motor road near Jankroli after his murder on December 14. Following the complaint, police lodged a case against an unknown under Section 302 of Indian Panel code. later, Pauri District Magistrate transferred the murder case to regular police team from revenue police team on December 15 due to boycott of the police work of the revenue police and on the demand of Balmiki community. SP Joshi instructed the Pauri Kotwali in-charge to constitute team to work out on the murder case.
The police team after the investigation arrested Govind, a resident of Bijnor (UP), currently working as sanitation workers in Bharsar agriculture college on December 20. During interrogation Govind confessed to the crime and said that he asked Kamal to come Pabo on December 13 and when Kamal reached Paubo, he took him in his car to Pabo-Satpuli road and finding the lonely place near Jankroli village, he stopped the car.
First he hit Kamal’s head with an iron rod and later he hacked his neck. He fled the place after disposing off the body in gorge. Following on the confession police recovered the weapons, which were used to murder Kamal. The accused is the cousin of the victim and told that he was having enmity with Kamal family for the last three years. Police team, who solved the murder case and arrested accused Govind consists Police Kotwali incharge Chandra Mohan Singh, S.I. Bhagat Singh Bisht, Sunil Negi, Dinesh, Bhupendra, Chan Singh, Kripal, Ravindra Negi and Ashok.