Murder in BHU: Shooter held after encounter, cop injured

VARANASI: The Lanka police arrested one of two Bihar-based shooters concerned within the killing of expelled scholar Gaurav Singh on Banaras Hindu University’s campus on April 2, in trade of fireside overdue on Friday night time.

The shooter, recognized as Rupesh Verma alias Shani, suffered bullet injuries within the trade of fireside with police close to Lautubir culvert on National Highway-2. However, his partner managed to flee.


A pistol, are living cartridges and a stolen motorbike have been recovered from his ownership.

An SI sustained bullet injuries in hand within the firing.


SSP Anand Kulkarni, on Saturday, said, during a vehicle-checking power close to Lautubir culvert, two bike-born youths passed in the course of the house. When police tried to forestall them, they opened indiscriminate fireplace and tried to flee. One police subinspector ID Dubey suffered bullet injuries in hand.


When the police retaliated in identical style, one of shooters suffered bullet injuries in leg and fell on street whilst other managed to flee. The police rushed the injured policeman and the shooter to a neighborhood clinic.


Shani divulged the name of his partner, who managed to flee as Raja Dubey alias Ravan. Both are the natives of Buxar in Bihar district. During police interrogation, Rupesh confessed that he and Ravan have been referred to as from Bihar by way of a jailed criminal Pavan to kill Gaurav. Police had already arrested Kumar Mangalam, Rupesh Tiwari and Abhishek Tripathi in Gaurav homicide case. Shani said that Gaurav had a monopoly in industry of extorting cash from medicine investors in Lanka house. When Mangalam and his partner also tried to challenge monopoly of Gaurav their enmity took unpleasant flip. Later, Mangalam’s jailed good friend Pavan asked Shani to come back with Ravan to eliminate Gaurav.


Kulkarni said that police had announced a money praise of Rs 25,000 on Shani. He had four criminal circumstances registered with Lanka police whilst his criminal historical past may be being sought from Bihar police.
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