Refuting allegations made by Singh's elder brother Krishan Pehelwan that police did not give adequate security to the former MLA which led to his murder, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today said, "We had been giving him security whenever required".
Asked about progress in investigation in the case, Bassi said, "We are working on specific clues. Investigation is on and we will soon make arrests in the case. We are doing what the matter calls for".
38-year-old Singh was attacked by over six armed men who had reached the spot in a SUV. At least 15-20 rounds of bullets were fired. He was later declared dead at Medanta hospital in Gurgaon. Singh had received six bullets, including two in his head from close range.
Other than one of Singh's personal guard, a woman identified as Sunita, Paras (16) and a Delhi Police constable, Sandeep were also injured in the incident.
DCP (southwest) R A Sanjeev today said that all the four persons who were injured in the incident are fine now.
The needle of suspicion has been on two gangs who have had reasons to eliminate Singh, one is Vikas Lagarpuria and the other is Udaiveer alias Kaale.
It is said that Kaale's father and brother were allegedly bumped off by Singh and his brother's gang. It is being suspected that Udaiveer, who was recently released from jail hired hitmen to kill Singh.
On the other hand, Lagarpuria, a Haryana-based gangster had a tiff over a 1400 yard plot located between Najafgarh and Dwarka and the duo's men had recently come face to face over fencing of the plot.
"Other than these two, we are also looking for all those big or small criminal elements that could have benefited from the elimination of Singh. Raids are being conducted in Haryana, UP and other in outskirts of Delhi in this connection," said a police official associated with the probe.
Police is scanning the CCTV footage of the neighbouring areas of the banquet hall where the attack had taken place on Singh to find clues.
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