Kanpur: College manager's murder solved, two brothers arrested

Kanpur: The Kanpur Nagar police on Wednesday solved the murder of a degree college manager and vice-president of Rastriya Shoshit Samaj Party, Shrawan Kumar Pal (55), who was shot and hacked to death on October 2 in Panki area.

Two persons, both real brothers, have been arrested while one other is absconding.

The accused have been identified as Dharmendra Pal and Amit, residents of Damgada locality in Panki.

Initial interrogation has revealed that they suspected Shrawan’s involvement in their father’s death, who was killed in a road accident in May 2019.

SHO Panki Ajay Pratap Singh told TOI that Dharmendra and Amit, both brothers, have been arrested in this connection. Their another brother Sanjay Pal is absconding and searches are underway to make his arrest possible.

The accused were produced before court and sent to jail on Wednesday, he added.

The deceased, Shrawan, was returning home on his motorbike along with his friend Anil, a medical store owner, after attending a ‘bhandara’ in Sirsai Pratappur village when Dharmendra Pal and his two brothers Amit and Sanjay waylaid them on motorbike and entered into a scuffle.

Shrawan objected to this, following which the trio stopped them in front of their college and one among them opened fire from a country-made firearm. When Shrawan fell off the two-wheeler, the trio attacked him with sharp-edged weapons causing fatal injuries, the SHO said.

Shrawan’s friend Anil was also with him. When the accused ran after him, he fled and informed his family members.