Man wanted for murder held after ‘150-km chase’
Three people shot dead two men inside a car in Bamnoli village in May. The killings were the outcome of a property clash.
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on information leading to his arrest in a case of killing of two men in Dwarka in May, was nabbed following a 150-km car chase, police said on Monday.
The accused was identified as Akshay Dagar, alias Shakti, a resident of Issapur village.
He is an engineering graduate. Giving details of the case, the police said that on May 2, three people shot dead two men inside a car in Bamnoli village and fled the spot on a motorcycle and car.
The deceased were identified as Sandeep, alias Mental, and Pawan, alias Pauna. Sandeep was a gangster and Pawan was his close aide, police said.
A case was registered at Dwarka Sector 23 police station and during investigation, it was found that Rajiv, alias Monu, and Dagar were the main accused in the case, along with their accomplice. The killings were the outcome of a dispute between the two parties over a property at Pochanpur village, a police officer said.
Rajiv has already been arrested by a special cell team in June this year.
On October 17, the police received information that Dagar was present at Kalka in Himachal Pradesh. Later, a team was moved to Kalka.
A hideout of Dagar was identified and on October 18 at around 3 pm, a car was spotted coming from the side of his hideout. After a 150-km high-speed chase, the car was stopped by the police near Bilaspur Road on National Highway-1 and Dagar was found inside the car. He was arrested immediately, the police officer said.