With the daughters of slain Sitapur graintrader Sunil Jaiswal seeking time to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the killing of their parents and brother on June 6, the local police claimed to have made a breakthrough and arrested a person involved in the gruesome crime. Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said in lucknow on Tuesday that SP Sitapur, Mrigendra Singh, informed him that the sensational triple murder of the trader’s family registered with Kotwali police station has been worked out.
Kumar said that Sharif of laharpur (Sitapur), who has a long criminal history and lives at Kashiram colony of Sitapur, has been arrested by Sitapur Police on Tuesday morning.
“Recovery of cash and belongings of Sunil Jaiswal along with ‘bahi’ (cash register) and other things were recovered from the accused. During quizzing, the accused revealed the names of his three aides. The Crime Branch and Sitapur Police have started tracking them. A bike used in this incident was also recovered,” the Principal Secretary informed.
Earlier, the two daughters of the trader had also met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Women Welfare minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi and urged that the killers be arrested.
The triple murder had triggered public demonstrations in Sitapur while markets in the city were closed for several days. Grain trader Sunil Jaiswal (55), his wife Kamini (51) and their son Hrithik (25) were killed in a gun attack at the gates of their house in Civil lines area of Sitapur on June 6. After accosting the trader who was entering his house on a bike, the assailants tried to snatch a bag containing the day’s earning from his shop. As Jaiswal resisted, the criminals fired at him from close range. Hearing the gunshots, Jaiswal’s wife Kamini and son Hrithik rushed out and the assailants opened indiscriminate fire at them too. As the gunshots triggered panic, the gunmen escaped on two bikes after the shooting. Jaiswal and his family were taken to the district hospital where doctors pronounced them dead upon arrival. Neighbors claimed that they called the Emergency helpline but a police team reached there 25 minutes later. Station House Officer of thge Kotwali police station, which is located about 200 meters away from the trader’s home, arrived 35 minutes after the incident.