The murder of three persons was reported in three different police stations including Doiwala, Sahaspur and Raiwala in the last few days in Dehradun. Acting on these cases, police arrested six persons on Wednesday for alleged involvement in these murders.
The accused have been identified as Raiwala residents Sunil, Suman and Suraj; Sahapur residents Iqrar and Yakub and Doiwala resident Amit said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana while interacting with media persons on Wednesday. In his complaint to Raiwala Police Station on August 24, Haripurkalan resident Dabal Singh Rawat said that his mother who had gone in the nearby woods to search for a calf was murdered by some unidentified persons. Her head was crushed by stones. A case under section 302 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the police station.
Acting in this case, police had arrested three teenagers on suspicion who used to go to this forest area occasionally for consuming drugs there. During interrogation, these accused named Sunil, Suman and Suraj admitted their offence.
In another incident, in his compliant to Doiwala police station, Keshavpuri Basti resident Sabeer stated that his son Pannu was murdered by Amit on August 24. During investigation, it was revealed that Punnu was missing from his home from August 23 and his body was found in a car on August 24 from Amit’s home. Amit was alone in his home on August 23 as his mother had gone out of town. Punnu had visited his home on August 23 where Amit had indulged in unnatural sex with him. For fear of disclosure by Punnu, Amit killed him. In order to throw his body in the river, Amit had kept it in his car but he failed to dump it. During integration, Amit confessed to murder.
In the third incident, in his compliant to the Sahaspur police station on August 25, Naushad, relative of Nazim said that his maternal uncle was murdered by some unidentified persons with a rod on August 25. A case under section 302 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the police station. During investigation, police had recovered a pair of sandals from incident site. Acting on tip off, police had arrested Iqrar and Ishtiyak on suspicion as they were not being seen in the village after this incident took place. During interrogation, both had confessed committing crime and said that with intent to rob him, they had murdered Nazim. Police had recovered Rs7,200 out of Rs9,000 stolen money from the accused.