According to Shyam Singh Rajput, Assistant District Counsel (Criminal), on December 25, 1997, the accused, former soldier Rakesh Kumar, called one Udal Singh to his home in Hasanpur village, Naujheel area.
Rakesh, along with brother Kaptan Singh, got Udal Singh heavily drunk and shot him in the head. The victim died on the tenth day after being shot.
Udal's family members lodged a police complaint against Veeru, Ashwini and Rakesh Singh (Gram Pradhan at that time) along with the two brothers involved in the murder.
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