PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun
The police arrested five wanted accused, including two women, in connection with an attempted murder case involving a retired army man in Rishikesh’s Shyampur area on Sunday.
According to the police, the case was initiated following a complaint filed on Saturday by Mamta Rawat, a resident of Shyampur, at the local police station. In her complaint, Rawat alleged that her neighbours Ravi Dixit (49), his wife Mamta Dixit (44) and their son Tarun (22) besides Madhavi (25), Amritpal Singh (30) and several others, forcefully entered their house and brutally assaulted her and her husband with sharp weapons on March 14.
The officials said that the police registered a case under sections 109(1)/191(2)/333 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Rishikesh Kotwali. Following an extensive search operation, the police teams successfully apprehended the five accused who had been on the run since the incident. The officials said that further investigation is ongoing and strict action will be taken against all those involved in the crime.
