2 accused in BJP functionary murder case held after encounter
Dehradun: Two men, Azhar Tyagi and Aayush Sharma, who were allegedly involved in the murder of former BJP mandal president Rohit Negi, were arrested after a police encounter near the Muzaffarnagar-Mangalaur border on Thursday night.
Police said the two fired upon them and shots were fired back in retaliation. The two got injured in their legs and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Tyagi is the main accused in the murder of Negi who was shot on Monday night in Dehradun's Premnagar area in the night hours of June 3.
SSP Dehradun Ajai Singh said, "Negi was killed near Pipal Chowk by two motorcycle-borne men from a point blank range. When we spoke with the friends of Negi and worked on the case, we came to know about the two names."
The police team launched a massive hunt for the accused and conducted raids in different locations of Muzaffarnagar, Haridwar, Dehradun and Ghaziabad.
"On a tip-off, we conducted checks on the Manglaur-Muzaffarnagar border and spotted two suspicious persons on a motorcycle. When we tried to stop them, they opened fire and tried to escape," the SSP said.
He added that "in retaliation we opened fire and Azhar was hit by bullets in his limbs. Soon after, the other man was hit by a bullet in both his legs. We will try to take their remand to question them in the matter and to find out whether there was any deeper conspiracy in the case."
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