New Delhi: The Delhi Police special cell has arrested the two main accused in the Sonipat wrestler Nisha’s murder case. The main accused, Coach Pawan and his associate Sachin were arrested from Dwarka on Friday.
The Haryana-based wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother were shot dead on Wednesday, November 10. Their mother was hospitalised after suffering bullet injuries. After the incident, the victim’s mother had accused the coach of harassing Nisha, Mayank Gupta, ASP, Kharkhoda had told ANI.
Earlier, police had announced a Rs 1 lakh reward for information about the main accused on Thursday.
Nisha’s father, Dayanand Dahiya is in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and was posted in Jammu and Kashmir. After her murder, he came back to Sonipat and had accused coach Pawan of misbehaving with her.
He told police that Pawan lured Nisha by promising to make her play at the national level. He also told police that Pawan demanded money from Nisha and used to take money from people in the name of the academy.
Nisha’s family told the police that on the day of the incident, Pawan called her brother and mother in his academy, and shot at Nisha and her mother there. Her brother was shot outside the academy by Pawan’s aides.