Gagandeep lost his life trying to nab culprits

Updated on: 11 October,2009 07:46 AM IST |
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India under-19 cricketer Gagandeep Singh (18) was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late on Friday.

India under-19 cricketer Gagandeep Singh (18) was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late on Friday.
Police claimed to have arrested the main accused in the shooting in which another person also died. Gagandeep was shot when he tried to apprehend one of four youths who had attacked a man in Lal Kurti locality of Meerut late Friday. He later succumbed in hospital.

"Main accused Rahul Sirohi has been nabbed and police have recovered a .32 bore pistol from him. The weapon was used to commit the crime," Additional Director General of police (Law and Order) AK Jain told reporters in Lucknow.

Jain said the Gangster Act and National Security Act will be invoked against the accused.u00a0 "Some youths shot at a trader, Haji Shahnawaz, after a brawl and were escaping when Gagandeep, along with his friends, tried to nab them. One of the youths opened fire at Gagandeep. The cricketer was rushed to hospital where he succumbed," Meerut police Inspector Rakesh Kumar told IANS.

Shahnawaz suffered profuse bleeding from his abdomen and died Saturday," he said.u00a0 "Shahnawaz ran a meat shop and had a dispute with some youths on Friday afternoon. The same people returned in the night in an Alto car to kill Shahnawaz," Kumar added.

According to police, main accused Rahul's mother who is a head constable in the Crime Branch of the Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) was interrogated overnight and later Rahul was arrested.

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