Faridabad/Chandigarh, June 29:Haryana Police on Saturday arrested two people, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a Congress leader in Faridabad.
Police have arrested gangster Kaushal’s wife Roshni and their servant Naresh in the recent murder of Vikas Chaudhary, Haryana Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Navdeep Singh Virk said.“Roshni and Naresh made available weapons to accused Vikas alias Bhalla, a resident of Dhanwapur village, and Sachin of Kheri village in Faridabad district, involved in firing along with two other people,” he said in a statement released on his Twitter account.
Naresh has identified Vikas in the CCTV footage and informed that he is the same person to whom he made available the weapons, Virk added.He said the car used in the murder had been recovered.
Police said there was a dispute between Chaudhary and Kaushal over money.
On June 27, Chaudhary was shot dead in broad daylight by assailants at Faridabad.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi had condemned the killing saying it reflected the deteriorating law-and-order situation in the state.
Chaudhary, a spokesperson of the state Congress, was parking his car outside a gym in Sector 9 in Faridabad when the assailants fired 12-15 bullets at the vehicle from two sides, killing him on the spot, police had said.
A murder case was registered and several police teams were formed to search for the assailants.
Virk had earlier said that the killing appeared to be connected with his own criminal background.
“As per the leads so far, Chaudhary had a criminal background and 13 FIRs of extortion, kidnapping and attempt to murder were registered against him since 2007 in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. His murder appears to be connected to his own criminal background,” the ADGP (Law and Order) had tweeted following the killing. With PTI
