By PTI
Singrauli: A former Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) office-bearer was arrested for allegedly shooting dead a Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli, a police official said on Sunday.
A man, later identified as Lale Bansal (23), was found dead with gunshot wounds on Tenduha-Podi road on Saturday afternoon, Additional Director General (Law and Order) Jaideep Prasad said.
“Three teams of Chitrangi police were constituted and the case was cracked within 12 hours with the help of CCTV footage and other inputs, leading to the arrest of Abhishek Pandey. The accused has admitted to the crime and the pistol used in it has been recovered from him,” the ADG said.
Superintendent of Police Nivedita Gupta said the accused has claimed he was going towards Rewa when he spotted a boy lying on the road and another man standing with a motorcycle nearby.
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