Witness in rape case, relative shot dead

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Feb 26 2013 | 7:05 PM IST
Two persons, including a witness in a rape case, were shot dead by some unidentified persons in Gadhpukhta area of Shamli district, police said here today.
Dharmveer (42) and his nephew Vipin alias Pappan (26) were shot dead last night in their house, they said.
Police are suspecting one Ramkumar and Sonu, both accused of rape and currently lodged in jail, to be behind the murder.
Dharmveer was witness in the case and it is being suspected that both of them used their relatives to eliminate him, police said.
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First Published: Feb 26 2013 | 7:05 PM IST

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