Police nab man for gym owner’s murder in Gurugram

Sanjay Yadav
Gurugram, May 13

The Gurugram police on Wednesday nabbed a man for allegedly gunning down a gym owner in Naurangpur village.

The accused, identified as Dheeraj alias Dhiru, resident of Nakhrola village, has reportedly confessed to his role in the crime and cited professional rivalry of distributing newspapers in Vatika City as the motive behind it.

He allegedly contacted Rathi gang and had him eliminated.

“He was nabbed from IFFCO following a tipoff and told us that he wanted to replace the deceased in caretaking and newspaper distribution business in Vatika City. They had a long standing tiff over the same and he had even made threat calls,” said the investigating officer.

The police claimed he has a criminal record and had stayed in jail with slain gangster Ashok Rathi and became friends.

Police recovered one country-made pistol and nine live bullets. Police have taken him on two days police remand after producing him in a city court today.

It was on Monday early morning when 36-year-old gym owner was gunned down in front of his kids in mini stadium Naurangpur.

The deceased identified as Manjeet Yadav had gone for a morning walk with his 15-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son when unidentified assailants came in a Creta car and fired on him, killing him and fled away.

“We have taken him on police remand and conducting raids to nab others who were involved in the murder,” said Preet Pal Singh Sangwan, ACP Crime.