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  Four arrested for attack on Teotia in Ghaziabad

Four arrested for attack on Teotia in Ghaziabad

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Aug 18, 2016, 1:35 am IST
Updated : Aug 18, 2016, 1:35 am IST

In a joint operation of UP STF and Ghaziabad police, four men were arrested in connection with an attack on BJP leader Brijpal Teotia on Wednesday.

In a joint operation of UP STF and Ghaziabad police, four men were arrested in connection with an attack on BJP leader Brijpal Teotia on Wednesday.

Four arrested assailants, identified as Rahul Tyagi, Jitendra, Nishant and Ram Kumar, were hired by two cousins, Manish Diwan and Manoj, from Mr Teot-ia’s native village Mehra-uli under Kavi Nagar poli-ce station of Ghaziabad, to avenge a family member’s killing 17 years ago.

Sujeet Pandey, Meerut inspector-general, said bo-th the cousins had hatched a conspiracy to avenge the murder of Manish’s father Suresh Diwan, a Delhi police constable killed in 1999 in the Shakarpur area of the national capital.

Teotia was the main acc-used and had been named in the complaint, but the Delhi police closed the case in 2001 and submitted its final report in the court, said a police official.

Teotia was a Delhi police constable, but was suspended in 1995 and later left the police force.

The Meerut inspector-general said both Manish and Manoj, who are at large, had hired shooters from other states for the crime, adding that the seizure of a mobile phone and SIM led to unearthing of the conspiracy.

The police said one of the shooters, Ram Kumar, alle-gedly followed Mr Teotia on the day of the attack and gave information of his movements to the rest of the gang.

Nishant, who was another of the shooters, and Ram Kumar were two of the main conspirators of the murderous attack.

Location: India, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad