Two murderers arrested for using betel nut to kill murder accused

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Two people who allegedly shot dead a convict in a 2016 murder case in Gwalior on Thursday night were arrested in Punjab on Sunday, police said. A possible Canadian connection has emerged in the murders.

Gwalior Superintendent of Police (SP) Dharamveer Singh told reporters that Navjot Singh and Amarpreet Singh, who were allegedly hired to carry out the murder, were arrested from Faridkot in Punjab. He said the two were wanted in connection with another murder in Faridkot and would be brought to Gwalior after legal formalities.

He said Punjab Police cooperated in arresting the accused, aged around 30, and investigation was underway to find out who had hired them and which gang they were associated with. The SP said that both of them were staying in a hotel in the state.

They came on a motorcycle and shot the victim, Jaswant Singh Gill, outside his house in Dabra area, about 40 km from the district headquarters, on Thursday night. He told that both of them fired three bullets from close range and Gill fell there. The SP said Gill was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2016 murder case and was out on parole since October 28.

Gill's family and the police suspect that his murder is the result of old enmity. According to sources, the brother of the person Gill who was murdered in 2016 had recently come to Gwalior from Canada. Gill had killed his wife's cousin in Gwalior eight years ago. The family of a man named Gill, who was killed in 2016, has shifted to Canada and police suspect that they may have hired the killers.