The Ghaziabad Police arrested three suspects in connection to the murder of two persons who were killed in the cross-firing between two groups on Thusrday night over election rivalry. One arrested person belongs to Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), police said.
The police said that at about 11:00 pm on Thursday they received the information that two groups were firing at each other with their weapons and two persons have died and several are injured. About a dozen shots were fired in Bamheta area which falls under the jurisdiction of Kavi Nagar Police station in Ghaziabad.
Police lodged an FIR on the complaint of Babu and rushed the injured persons to the nearby Columbia Asia and Sarvodaya hospitals. During investigation, it was found that there was an old rivalry between them over last municipal elections. Both groups came and started firing on each other over a trivial issue.
Two persons sustained critical bullet injuries and were declared brought dead in the hospital. They were identified as Yogendra Yadav and his cousin Jugni. The injured persons have been identified as Akash, Davendra and Bhajni. Akash and Davendra are being treated in Sarvodaya hospital while Bhajni is admitted at Columbia Asia hospital. All the three injured persons are under police custody since Yogendra and Jugni’s cousin named them as an offenders.
Other suspects who are named in the FIR are Gajendra Yadav, Amit Yadav, Titu, Nikky, Akash, Davendra and Fool Kunwar, all of whom are absconding. The attempts are being made to arrest them said Neeraj Singh the Inspector of Kavi Nagar police station.
Akash and Davendra who are under treatment have been taken into custody while rest are on the run added Inspector Neeraj Singh.