The police have arrested a man accused of murdering another man on the occasion of Holi in Kankhal area of Haridwar.
Informing the media about this on Friday, the Haridwar senior superintendent of police Senthil Avoodai Krishnaraj S said that the accused has confessed to having killed the man since he had an illicit relationship with the deceased’s wife.
The SSP informed that the body of a man was found by the police amidst the bushes on an empty plot in Kankhal on Holi. The body was identified as that of local resident Deepak.
His brother Kuldeep Singh filed a case against unknown assailant in the police station.
The police questioned the family members of the victim and check the CCTV camera footage in the area but no substantial clue could be found. However, on Friday, an informant tipped off the police about the location of the murder accused.
After being arrested by the police, the accused identified himself as Kankhal resident Ravi Kumar. He said that he had an affair with Deepak’s wife.
On the occasion of Holi, he had an argument with Deepak after which he hit him on the head with a brick and ran away from the spot. SP City Kamlesh Upadhyay and CO City Abhay Pratap Singh were also present during the press conference.