DCP (west) Richa Tomar said Ramdhiya has been arrested and efforts are underway to recover the weapon used in the crime. “Ramdhiya was the main shooter who shot dead Rajinder Kumar Chawla outside NHAI office,” Tomar said.
File picture of police officers at the site of the firing incident
Police on Saturday had arrested another shooter from Haryana identified as one Dharmendra Singh. According to additional DCP Ram Singh, both Dharmendra and Ramdhiya are residents of Panipat in Haryana and were given Rs 15 lakh to shoot Chawla.
“Shooters were instructed to wait in a park near the NHAI office. Around 2pm, another accused Naveen visited them to give a complete description of Chawla including the shirt he was wearing so that shooters could identify their target,” Singh said.
A few moments later, Chawla stepped out of the meeting for a smoke. Shooters were given a signal that the man smoking outside was their target. “Both shooters went near Chawla and Ramdhiya fire at him from a close range,” Singh said.
“Ramdhiya is the main accused who had fired at Chawla. He and Dharmendra later took an auto to catch a bus for Gurgaon, from there, another suspect, Shekhar, picked them up and ferried them to their village,” Singh added.
Police said both shooters were asked to come to Gurgaon on August 25. The next day, they consumed some kind of narcotic substances before leaving for Jaipur. “We had constituted a special team that tracked down all vehicles that had passed through that particular location on the day of the crime which eventually helped us unravel the entire conspiracy,” Singh added.
Police on Friday had claimed of making the breakthrough in the case after four accused were identified by cops as Karandeep Sheoran (29), the owner of E5 Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Naveen Bisla (31), Vikas Singh (33) and Amit Nehra (26).
Along with two shooters and four conspirators, cops have arrested a total of six accused so far. “Investigation is underway to examine the involvement of other suspects in the conspiracy,” Singh said.
