Jaipur: Five persons were arrested in two
separate murder cases which took place here last week, police
said today.
Four persons were arrested in connection to the January 8
loot and murder of a dairy collection agent in the Sodala
area, Jaipur police commissioner Sanjay Agarwal said at a
press conference today.
They have been identified as Shubham Chaudhary, Yash
Singh, Sunil Kumar and Ankit Saini.
Agarwal said the accused allegedly shot dairy collection
agent Omprakash when he resisted their robbery attempt. He was
carrying Rs 1 lakh in his bag, he added.
In another case, police arrested Raju Bengali for
allegedly murdering Kamal Rai and later setting the body on
fire to destroy the identity in the Shipra Path area on
January 10.
The body was found barely a few meters away from the
Shipra Path police station.
The accused was alcoholic with an evil on Rai's wife,
Agarwal said.
Both had consumed liquor together before Bengali killed
Rai.
The accused hit the victim on his head with an iron pipe
and set the body on fire after sprinkling petrol over it, the
officer said.
He said Bengali had a criminal case registered against
him at Muhana police station.
PTI
