Kasganj riot accused now witnesses

Arvind Chauhan / TNN / May 3, 2018, 02:53 IST

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AGRA: The chargesheet filed by the special investigation team (SIT) on the murder of Chandan Gupta during the Republic Day communal clashes in Kasganj lists persons accused in the riots as witnesses against those who have been accused of the murder.
This matter is now being investigated. Anukalp Chauhan and Saurabpal who surrendered in court after the riots have been made witnesses although they have been charged for rioting and under other sections of IPC The SIT chargesheet, compiled and filed by crime branch inspector Rameshchandra Yadav for FIR number 60 which was lodged by Sushil Gupta against 24 men including Saleem Javed, Wasim, Nasim and others, mentioned 23 government witness including Anukalp Chauhan and Saurabpal.

In the report, the two have narrated an almost identical sequence of events about the Chandan Gupta murder.

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Arvind Chauhan

Arvind Chauhan is an experienced journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the newspapers industry as well as for the social media wing as digital content creator. He has covered subjects like railways, aviation, defence, energy, health, real estate, minority affairs, women and child development, crime, customs, telecom, district court, district administration, roads and infrastructure, armed forces tribunal, and regional politics across Uttar Pradesh. He began his career in Lucknow, and has done reporting in West Uttar Pradesh. He has won the Times Scribe Award four times including for busting fake news, and extensive coverage on Covid orphans. He graduated with a journalism degree from Times School of Journalism and BA (Honors) in English from Lucknow University.

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