PIONEEREDGE NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun
Police arrested two men within 24 hours for allegedly killing a caretaker at a construction site near Sahastradhara helipad in Dehradun. The accused entered the site with the intention of theft, attacked the caretaker with an iron rod when he woke up and resisted, and escaped with his mobile phone and 650 rupees.
This was stated by Dehradun senior superintendent of police Ajai Singh in a Press conference on Friday. He stated that on the morning of August 28, police received information that 68-year-old Jarrar Ahmed, working as a caretaker, was found dead on a cot inside a tin shed at the site. He had injuries on his head.
A case was registered at Rajpur police station on the complaint of contractor Toseef Ahmed. Singh said that during the investigation, police examined CCTV footage from the area and spotted two suspects. With the help of informers, police traced and arrested them near Orchid Park locality in Rajpur. “The accused were identified as Praveen Rawat alias Aman (19) and Pawan Kumar (19).
During questioning, they admitted that they committed thefts to fund their drug use. They said that the caretaker caught hold of Kumar, after which they attacked him with the rod and fled with cash and the phone. Police recovered the iron rod used in the murder and the stolen mobile phone from the accused,” he added.
