Gangster's wife among two arrested for Vikas Chaudhary's murder
Faridabad, June 29: The Haryana police on Saturday arrested two persons, including a woman, in connection with the murder of Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary in Faridabad. The wife and servant of a gangster in Haryana have been arrested.
Police says they provided weapons to two of the accused who shot Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary in his car earlier this week.
BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya has been granted bail by Bhopal's Special Court. He was arrested for thrashing a Municipal Corporation officer with a cricket bat, in Indore, on June 26.
[Haryana: Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary shot dead in Faridabad]
"Gangster Kaushal's wife Roshni and his domestic help Naresh made available weapons to accused Vikas alias Bhalla, a resident of village Dhanwapur, and Sachin of village Kheri in Faridabad district, involved in firing along with two other persons," Haryana Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Navdeep Singh Virk said in a statement released on his Twitter account.
Naresh has identified Vikas in the CCTV footage and informed that he is the same person to whom he made available the weapons, Virk added.
He
said
the
car
used
in
the
murder
of
the
Congress
leader
has
also
been
recovered.
Police
said
there
was
a
dispute
between
Vikas
Chaudhary
and
the
gangster
over
money.
On
June
27,
the
Haryana
Congress
leader
was
shot
dead
in
broad
daylight
in
Faridabad.
Congress
president
Rahul
Gandhi
had
condemned
the
killing
and
said
it
reflects
the
deteriorating
law-and-order
situation
in
the
state.
Vikas Chaudhary, a spokesperson of the state Congress, was parking his car outside a gym in sector 9 Faridabad when the attackers fired 12-15 bullets at the vehicle from two sides, killing him on the spot, police had said.
A murder case was registered and several police teams were formed to search for the attackers.