Police arrest main accused of Pinana double murder case

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Aug 29 2016 | 10:42 PM IST
Haryana Police today said it had arrested the main accused involved in double murder case in Pinana and recovered the weapons allegedly used in the killing from his possession.
Police are patrolling the Gohana-Sonepat road where they nabbed the accused who has been identified as Praveen, a resident of Bhainswal Kalan, a police spokesman said.
During the interrogation, the accused admitted that he had, along with his accomplices, committed double murder in Pinana on November 14 last year, police said.
The accused has many other cases registered against his name in various police stations of the state.
He confessed that he along with his associates had attacked the complainant, Devender, a resident of Pinana, near Tihar Mor on May 18, 2016.
He said that Praveen was arrested on the charge of attempt to murder in this case. An accomplice of the accused had already been arrested.
The accused said that he had given a gun to his other associate Dharamender, a resident of Bhainswal. Following which, Dharamender was also arrested and the police recovered three illegal weapons and six live cartridges, police said.
Dharamender also has several cases registered against him in various police stations, he added.
He said that the accused were taken on police remand after producing them in the court.
Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said that four accused involved in the Mewat incident had been arrested and the case was being investigated.
The Chief Minister, who was informing the House in the ongoing session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here about the action taken in the Mewat incident, said the guilty would not be spared and stern action would be taken against all those involved in the incident.

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First Published: Aug 29 2016 | 10:42 PM IST

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