Woman lawyer’s body recovered from canal in Kasganj
The lawyer had gone missing from the civil court on Tuesday evening, and her husband filed a police complaint the same evening.
Another accused in the killing of Chandan Gupta during a rally on Republic Day in Kasganj town of Uttar Pradesh has surrendered before a local court, police said.
“Asif Gymwala, who was named as an accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case, surrendered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate. The court has sent him to jail,” Superintendent of Police Piyush Srivastava said.
Chandan was shot dead during the communal clashes in Kasganj town after volunteers of organisations like the Vishva Hindu Parishad, Hindu Mahasabha and ABVP, during their ‘Tiranga Yatra’, clashed with members of Muslim community on 26 January. This resulted in heated exchange of words and eventually escalated to firing in which Gupta lost his life.
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His killing led to communal violence in the western UP town. At least three shops, two buses and a car were torched.
Earlier this week, the police had claimed to have recovered the weapon used to kill Mr Gupta. Last week, a person was arrested in connection with the killing.
On January 31, police said they have arrested Saleem, who they identified as the main accused in the murder case.
Earlier, on 31 January, the police had arrested Saleem, the prime accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case. Subsequently, on 3 February, one more person, Rahat, was arrested in connection with the killing.
After the arrest of these two people, police had arrested one more person who was identified as Salman. The UP police had recovered a country-made pistol and two cartridges from him.
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