Kasganj violence: Another accused arrested in connection with Chandan Gupta’s killing
PTI | 03 Feb 2018 08:45 PM (IST)
Rahat Qureshi was nabbed from Kanshi Ram Colony and is is accused of instigating a riot
Kasganj: One more person was arrested in connection with the killing of Chandan Gupta in a mob attack on a motorcycle rally taken out to celebrate Republic Day in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj. Gupta's had died of a gunshot. The killing had led to a spiral of violence in the town in which at least three shops, two buses and a car were torched. Police had on Wednesday arrested Saleem Javaid, the main accused in the killing of Gupta. ALSO READ: Cases against 9,730 stone pelters withdrawn by J&K government Another accused, Rahat Qureshi, was nabbed from Kanshi Ram Colony here on Saturday, Superintendent of Police Piyush Srivastva said. Queshi is accused of instigating a riot, the SP said. Police have intensified patrolling in sensitive areas to instill confidence among the people shaken by the recent violence.