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When asked to pay for the cigarette he had bought, a police constable ran his car over 28-year-old shop owner, Guarav Rohella and crushed him to death on Wednesday night in Bazpur area of Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand.
Following this incident, the victim's family along with a large number of locals, gathered at Bazpur police station with his body, demanding strict action against the accused cop who fled after the crime.
A manhunt was launched and the accused constable, Praveen Kumar, his brother-in-law Jivan Kumar and another Gaurav Rathore were arrested on Thursday morning.
"The three of them came to Rohella’s shop in their car. They asked him for cigarettes which he gave them. When they started leaving without payment, Rohella asked Praveen to pay for the cigarette which enraged him. He, along with his two accomplices, started abusing him resulting in a heated argument between the three accused and Rohella and his brother Ajay, who was also present at the shop. He then ran his car over him, crushing him under it,” said the police.
The accused have been booked under sections 302(murder), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
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