Pithoragarh, Jun 6 (PTI) Police on Thursday arrested the main accused in the murder of Kamlesh Danu, who was stabbed to death in the border town of Dharchula in Uttarakhand earlier this month, an official said.
The accused, identified as Chandu Khair, was apprehended from a village near Tanakpur in Champawat district with the help of Special Operations Group, she said.
According to Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police Rekha Yadav, Khair had been on the run since Danu’s murder.
Twenty three-year-old Kamlesh Danu was stabbed to death in Dharchula on June 7. His body was recovered later with multiple wounds. Police are yet to ascertain the motive behind the murder.
An FIR was registered under Section 103(1)(3)(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita based on a complaint lodged by Danu’s father against the accused on June 8.
“We have arrested the main accused, Chandu Khair, with the help of CCTV footage. Two other accused in the case — Sachin Nabiyal and Ramesh Raipa — will also be arrested soon,” SP Yadav said.
“The accused had fled to Nepal to evade arrest after the crime. They seem to have returned to India after they ran out of money, ” she said, adding that Indian officials have talked to their Nepal counterparts to help nab the accused. PTI COR ALM ALM RUK RUK
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