Teams formed to find accused in TV staffer murder case
GURGAON: Four teams have been formed by the Gurgaon police to nab the killers of Surender Singh Rana, who was shot dead in broad daylight on Jharsa Road in front of revenue office. A number of searches have been conducted by these teams and sources in the police department said that they were lose to nabbing the accused.
Sources, in fact, said that a person, who is closely connected to the accused, have been detained by the police.
The post mortem examination of the victim by a medical board was conducted on Saturday and it revealed that Rana had suffered four gunshots that proved fatal. Rana was declared brought dead by doctors at civil hospital, Gurgaon.
The police, after questioning several persons in connection with the murder suspects, said that Rana was shot by Satpal Pahalwan, who has several cases registered against him in Gurgaon and Jhajjar.
Rana (45) was shot on Friday afternoon after a tiff with four persons, including Bala Devi, Naveen, Sanjay and Satpal Pahalwan, over a financial dispute.
“The forensic team visited the spot again and scanned the area for more evidence. None of the CCTV cameras has given us any lead, but we do have some clues to work on,” said Sumit Kuhar, DCP, Crime.
Satpal Pahalwan is wanted in connection with multiple cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion. Sources in the police said that it was still not clear whether Rana was shot by his own pistol or the accused had come with weapons. “The police have not found the victim’s pistol and it is suspected that it was also snatched by the accused,” ACP, Mohinder Sethi, said.
The police are also scrutinising the documents, pictures and cameras recovered from the victim’s Tata Safari.
It had also called a photo studio owner on Khandsa Road for questioning about some freshly developed pictures recovered from the car.