Dehradun police have arrested one Vikas Chowdhary alias Navin Kumar, native of Meerut, from ISBT on charge of being involved in multiple murders and land fraud cases. Police said he had recently murdered his father-in-law in Dehradun. He was a Shivsena leader. He contested lok Sabha election in 2014.
Notably, Choudhary was married to six women and they were living in Modinagar, Ramnagar, Delhi, Raipur, Clement Town and Ajabpur.
Sudha Rani has registered a complaint in Nehru Colony Police Station on July 4, stating that her father Indar Singh has been missing since June 16. He had left home for work and not returned. His phone was found switched off. Acting on the complaint, a police team was formed. But police failed to trace him. On July 6, in connection with the case (217/16) lodged under sections 302/201 of IPC, a Ravi Kumar alias Vinod was arrested. Police got Indar’s mobile phone from Ravi. As suspicion was aroused he was grilled harder following which it was found that Vikas Choudhary had his father in law Inder murdered in assistance with his brother Ravi.
SSP Sadanand Date formed a team at police station level and SOG was also pressed into operation to nab the accused. Police raided his houses in Meerut and some other places. However, he was absconding. Vikas’s mobile was also found switched off.
Acting on a tip off, team members arrested Vikas from ISBT. The accused is learnt to have admitted his offence, saying that he had murdered his father in law. It is learnt that Inder was angry with Vikas for marrying so many girls aside from his daughter.
As per the investigation, Vikas and Ravi with the assistance of another Suraj had murdered Indar in the forest in Rishikesh area. They later dumped the body in the forest. On June 26, Rishikesh Police recovered the body.
It is also learnt that Choudhary revealed that he had murdered the uncle of his second wife Puja in the past over a land dispute. Choudhary was living in Clement Town area after making false identity card to hide his identity.