11 members of Bawaria gang held

KURUKSHETRA: Two weeks after two shepherds were found murdered near a railway track at Pindarsi village in Kurukshetra district, the police claimed to have solved the case by arresting 11 members of Bawaria gang, including three women.

The accused have been identified as Harikesh Bagri of Mandi Kuyi, Yad Ram and Ramesh Kumar of Jaipur, Ram Lal, Bani Singh, Barkha Devi and Meera Devi of Dausa in Rajasthan, Kamlesh and Mathura of Bharatpur, Mukesh Kumar of Kanna Patti and Pokhriya of Moda Patti, Rajasthan.

Talking to HT, Kurukshetra superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Garg said the accused had been on the run after the May 22 incident and they were arrested from different locations in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

The police said six accused were still absconding.

The accused had allegedly murdered Raja Ram, 55, and Arjun Singh, 50, residents of Pindarsi village and taken away around 175 sheep from their herd of 500 sheep. As many as 62 sheep were later crushed to death under a train. Another shepherd Sandeep Kumar of Salpani village was injured in the attack and was admitted to the PGIMER, Chandigarh, with serious injuries.

A case was then registered by the Government Railway Police (GRP) under Section 460 of the IPC against unknown persons.

SP Garg said, “We managed to trace them with the help of mobile locations and they were arrested by different teams of district police.”

He said the police produced the accused in a local court and they were remanded in 8-day police custody. Police will interrogate them for information about the remaining six people allegedly involved in the case and the 175 sheep taken away by them.

A police spokesperson said that during the interrogation, it was revealed that accused had planned the murder to loot sheep at midnight and after committing crime they fled using different modes of transport, including train.

TWO SHEPHERDS, 62 SHEEP WERE FOUND KILLED NEAR RAILWAY TRACKS AT PINDARSI VILLAGE ON MAY 22