INLD chief murder: CCTV footage surfaces, police registers FIR against former MLA
The INLD and Rathee’s family have accused the state government of failing to provide him security despite repeated requests
CCTV footage linked with assailants involved in the murder of INLD chief Nafe Singh Rathee and his aide has surfaced and the police have registered a FIR against four persons in the case.
The INLD and Rathee’s family have accused the state government of failing to provide him security despite repeated requests.
The Haryana police have registered an FIR against 12 persons including former MLA Naresh Kaushik, Ramesh Rathee, Sathish Rathee, and Rahul in connection with the assassination and police are checking all CCTV visuals to identify the assassins, Hindustan Times reported. In the CCTV visuals, four persons are seen travelling in an i10 car moments before the attack.
The FIR also mentions five unnamed people.. The case has been registered under various IPC sections, including that of murder.
Nafe Singh Rathee's family has refused to cremate his body until those behind the murder were arrested.
Rathee was killed after unidentified gunmen ambushed his SUV at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district on Sunday evening.
The miscreants came in a car and fired indiscriminately at Rathee’s vehicle near the railway crossing at Bahadurgarh, killing him immediately.
A party worker, who was travelling with Rathee, also lost his life in the attack, while two others suffered serious injuries.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that not a single culprit involved in this case will be spared.
Meanwhile, the Congress charged that it was a political murder and demanded a court-monitored CBI probe in the case.
