Latest News | Delhi Police Arrests Four from Haridwar for Killing Man
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. Delhi Police has arrested four people from Haridwar in Uttarakhand for allegedly killing a man on Mandoli road here after a failed robbery attempt a month ago, an official said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Delhi Police has arrested four people from Haridwar in Uttarakhand for allegedly killing a man on Mandoli road here after a failed robbery attempt a month ago, an official said on Tuesday.
The accused assaulted the victim in full public view till he fell unconscious, police said.
On March 7, a PCR call was received at M S Park police station that a man was being assaulted by a group of youths near Mandoli Road. After reaching the spot, police found the man, Rejaul Haque, a resident of Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal, unconscious and rushed him to GTB Hospital, an official said.
At the hospital, Haque was declared brought dead by doctors. Later, an FIR was registered in the matter and an investigation was launched, he said.
After analysing CCTV footage from the crime spot, an autorickshaw that was used by the accused to escape was identified. The autorickshaw driver was traced and interrogated, leading police to the other accused, who had fled their homes, the official added.
The movement of the accused, who were identified as autorickshaw driver Nitin, Shantanu, Arjun and Sonu, was tracked through Meerut, Baghpat, Saharanpur and finally Haridwar. All of them are aged between 21 and 22, police said.
"During interrogation, the accused confessed to having caught Haque after a failed robbery attempt at Khari Baoli. They took him to a water supplier's shop in Hardev Puri, Shahdara, where they began assaulting him," the official said.
The attack continued in a street in full public view till Haque fell unconscious. The accused then fled in the autorickshaw and on a motorcycle. Later, they went underground, he said.
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