Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: Police tonight arrested all three accused involved in the killing of Prem Nath Talashi at Jagti township yesterday from Ludhiana in Punjab and seized a Bolero used in the crime. All three killers were being brought here.
SSP Jammu Atul Goel told the Excelsior that 30 hours long efforts of Jammu Police materialized tonight after all three accused were nabbed at Ludhiana at 11 pm where they had taken shelter after committing the crime.
The accused Naresh Singh, Sumit Kumar and Shanky, all residents of Nagrota were being shifted here by a team of Jammu Police, which nabbed the accused from a hideout at Ludhiana.
The accused have been booked under Section 302 RPC at Nagrota police station. Two persons, who had helped the accused escape, were detained during the day for questioning.
Police said the Bolero used by the accused in committing the crime was seized earlier in the day from village Panjgrain in Nagrota area. The accused had abandoned the Bolero at the village.
Police had assigned investigations of the case to SDPO Nagrota Khalik Choudhary.
Reports said that all three accused had come to Jagti in search of one Rohit. As one of the accused, Sumit Kumar knew Ankush, son of Talashi, he forced Ankush to sit in Bolero and guide them to the house of Rohit.
Ankush resisted and was beaten-up. However, he managed to escape from the vehicle.
Later, Talashi and other people intercepted Bolero to question motive of the accused in kidnapping Ankush. At this stage, one of the accused hit Talashi with a rod and a sharp-edged weapon leading to his on spot death.
Meanwhile, people from Jagti, Nagrota and Kashmiri migrant organisations held a massive demonstration at Nagrota this morning blocking Jammu-Srinagar National Highway for more than couple of hours in protest against the murder of Talashi. They had demanded arrest of the accused, which was made tonight.
Meanwhile, authorities have announced Rs 1 lakh compensation and a job of Follower in the Police Department for next of kin of the victim.
Deputy Commissioner, Jammu AK Sahu and SSP Jammu Atul Goel had assured the people that police was on the job and the youth would be nabbed very soon. People had lifted dharna on the assurance, which was fulfilled with the arrest of all three murder accused.
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