2 more arrested over group clash in Dadri that claimed one life

Two more persons were arrested today in connection with a clash that broke out between two groups at a village of Gautam Buddh Nagar earlier this month and claimed one life, police said.

Sumit (23) was killed in the clash at Bodaki village under the Dadri police station limits on August 9, they said.

Those arrested today have been identified as Amarjeet Singh and Soran Bhati, the police said, adding they were held from near a private university in Greater Noida.

Seven people had been booked in the case and the police have already arrested one person identified as Sohit Kartar.

According to the police, the groups, who were from the same community, had a dispute around two months ago. Sumit had then thrashed a person from the other side, they said.

On August 9, a clash again broke out between the two groups following which heated arguments ensued and the two sides came to blows and attacked each other using sticks, the police said.

Sumit, who was married and had a child, was wounded in the clash. He was admitted to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the next morning, they said.

A case was registered at the Dadri Police Station under the Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with armed weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) were invoked, among others, they said.

The police said further probe was underway to nab the remaining accused persons.