Dehradun Police arrested two people on Tuesday evening who had allegedly murdered Selaqui resident, an 18-year-old Rahul Singh. Rahul’s body was found from Bidholi forest area, Premnagar by police on Tuesday morning.
The accused have been identified as Shubham Panwar and Akhil Ramola, residents of Selaqui, said Dehradun SSP Pushpak Jyoti while interacting with media persons. Vikasnagar Circle Officer SK Singh said Rahul, Shubham and Akhil were friends. Relation soured after Rahul had teased a woman who was a friend of Shubham a few days ago. Along with Akhil, Subham had planned to murder Rahul on December 31 during a New Year party. After the party, Subham hit drunk Rahul with stones at Selaqui patrol pump. Rahul fell unconscious. Subham brought scissors from his home.
Rahul was taken to forest area, Bidholi on Rahul’s bike. There the duo had murdered Rahul with scissors. Rahul’s parent had registered a missing report in Sahaspur Police Station on Monday. Teams were formed to search Rahul. Premanagar police station sub-inspector Ravi Saini said police were informed of a body lying in Bidholi forest area. Teams rushed and recovered the body and sent it for postmortem.