Police ‘inaction’ in murder case triggers protest in Hisar

Residents of Bugana village blocked the road in front of Maharaja Agrasen Civil Hospital in Hisar today to seek the arrest of the accused involved in the murder of a youth, Sonu, in Bugana village on Thursday.

Kin refuse to cremate body, seek arrests

Family members and other villagers arrived at the Civil Hospital on Friday but refused to take the youth’s body for cremation after the post-mortem examination. They alleged that the police had failed to arrest the accused despite the fact that they had given the names of the accused in the complaint.

Family members and other villagers arrived at the Civil Hospital today and refused to take the youth’s body for cremation after the post-mortem examination. They alleged that the police had failed to arrest the accused despite the fact that they had stated the names of the accused in the complaint lodged with the police.

As the protesters gathered outside the Civil Hospital and blocked the road, the police reached the spot and removed the protesters from the site after about one hour. The family members later staged a dharna at the mini-secretariat stating that they would not take the body for the post-mortem until the accused were arrested by the police.

Sonu was shot dead by some motorcycle-borne assailants when he was sitting in his shop in the village on Thursday morning. The police registered a case under Sections 103 (1), 190 and 190 (3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and started investigation.

Rohtas, brother of deceased Sonu, alleged that he rushed to the shop on hearing the gunshots and saw some persons shooting at his brother. He said that the accused had come on motorcycles. He identified the assailants as Maidku and Maat (brother), Amit and his namesake Amit, Ajay, Lavish, Rakesh and two other unknown persons.

A police spokesperson said that they were investigating and had interrogated two persons. He said the police were trying to identify and nab the culprits. He said that old rivalry was suspected to be the reason behind the murder.