NOIDA: 2 SUSPECTS IN MURDER OF ELDERLY COUPLE HELD AFTER ENCOUNTER

NOIDA: Three days after the murder of an elderly couple, the police Sunday evening arrested two suspects after an encounter in Greater Noida.

They were identified as Dev Sharma, 20, and Vishan Singh Bhadoria, 23, both residents of Madhya Pradesh. The alleged mastermind Rohit, a resident of Mahoba, and Subhash from Aligarh, are on the run. According to police, these four suspects had partied at the house of Narendra Nath, 70, and later killed him and his wife Suman Nath, 65, and fled with valuables on February 4.

Rajesh Kumar Singh, deputy commissioner of police, Greater Noida, said that during investigation, it was found that Narendra and Rohit were allegedly in touch. “The three other suspects were in touch with Rohit, going by phone call records. We also scanned CCTV footage from near the crime spot and identified the four suspects leaving Narendra’s house at night at 11pm,” he said.

He said after the double murder, the four had walked to a guest house where they had been staying. “At 1.08am, one of the suspects booked a cab and fled to Gwalior,” the DCP said.

The police visited the guest house on Friday morning and scanned the CCTV footage. Officers said the suspects had allegedly stayed in one room and only Dev’s ID had been submitted at the front desk. A Noida police team was sent to Gwalior to nab them, but officers said the suspects allegedly got wind of it and fled.

On the evening of February 7, Dev was arrested from Rohit’s rented accommodation in Greater Noida’s Nawada village. Officers said Dev allegedly revealed that the three other suspects were also in Noida to meet a lawyer so as to surrender in court. Vishan was arrested after an encounter near the ATS roundabout. He received a bullet injury in his right leg while Rohit and Subhash managed to escape, the police added.