Four persons including two cousins of Kaka arrested

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Apr 24 2016 | 4:42 PM IST
Haryana Police arrested four persons including two cousins of Ashok Kaka in connection with the murder of the Congress leader.
Rohtak police today said that the accused have been arrested from Rohtak district late last night.
A dispute over some ancestral property in Rohtak was stated to be the motive behind the crime and Kaka's cousins identified as Manoj Soni (43) and Sanjay Soni (40) have been nabbed and booked for murder conspiracy, police said.
Police said the duo, both brothers, were nabbed from Ambedkar chowk in Rohtak.
Both hail from Rewari and are into business of electrical goods.
Those involved in the crime -- Sandeep and Rohit, both 19 years of age, were arrested from Jind bypass near Rohtak, police said.
A country made pistol had seized from Sandeep, they further said.
Police said based on investigations and and acting on tip off, they had carried out the arrests.
Earlier, the police had also procured the CCTV footage from houses facing the park where the incident took place and examined it thoroughly for obtaining clues.
Rohtak's SP Shashank Anand had set up a Special Investigation Team to conduct investigations.
Police today also said that they were carrying out raids to nab more accused whose names had figured in the case for murder conspiracy. After the incident, a case had been registered under the provisions of the IPC and the Arms Act against the culprits.
The 60-year-old leader was shot dead in the Model Town area when he was taking a morning walk two days back.
Kaka was considered close to former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The former CM had asked the police to arrest the culprits immediately.
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First Published: Apr 24 2016 | 4:42 PM IST

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