A person brutally murdered his nephew due to a purported illicit relationship between his wife and the nephew. The incident took place in Nayagaon area under Cantt police station on late Tuesday night. The police have arrested the man and recovered the weapon (Khukri) used in the murder.
The Cantt Police station in charge SS Bisht said that the police received information on Wednesday morning that body of a youth was lying in the residence of one Mohan Singh Gurung. After the police reached the scene of the crime, the owner of the house Gurung confessed to having had murdered his nephew in the night. Gurung (55 years) told the police that he had provided shelter to his nephew Sanjay Thapa, a resident of Rishikesh, for past three years but he (Thapa) had developed illicit relations with his aunt- Gurung's wife. Gurung said that he had warned his wife and nephew many times in the past but their affair had continued. On Tuesday night , Gurung who is retired armed forces personnel had alcohol with his nephew with the drinking session soon deteriorating into an altercation over the issue of illicit affair. An enraged Gurung attacked Sanjay Thapa with his khukri, the deceased tried to run away but Gurung foiled the attempt and murdered him brutally. The police arrested the culprit and booked him under section 302 of Indian Penal Code. After retiring from army Gurung is presently employed in the Defence Services Core (DSC) and posted in 49th wing of DSC at Nalia in Gujarat. At present he was on leave visiting his home town. The deceased used to work as an electrician at a shop on Rajpur Road.