Aligarh: Traders down shutters in city to demand arrest of Varshney’s killers

AGRA: Traders of Kauriyaganj area of Aligarh downed their shutters and staged a sit-in on Tuesday demanding immediate arrest of killers of Rajesh Varshney, who was shot dead by five assailants two days ago.
The protesting traders threatened to intensify their stir if the killers were not arrested soon. Additional police force was deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident.
Agitated over Rajesh’s killing, one of the traders, Sudhanshu, said, “the market will be closed till we get justice as this can happen with anyone”.He added that they all are demanding justice for Varshney.
Aligarh superintendent of police (Rural) Manilal Patidar said that the investigation is heading in the right direction and the suspects will be nabbed soon.
Police had yesterday detained a local BJP worker, Kamal Agarwal, for questioning, after local residents blocked traffic on Akrabad road demanding the arrest of the suspects involved in the murder of Varshney.
A case has been registered against Agarwal and four other unidentified persons under sections 302 (murder) and 394 (Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) of IPC on the basis of a complaint given by the deceased’s cousin brother Pramod Varshney, who was present with him when they were attacked.
According to police, a group of around five persons, three in a car and two on a bike, had surrounded Varshney when he was going with his son, Saurabh and cousin brother Pramod in his Alto car on the fateful day at around 8 pm. The unknown assailants shot at Varshney and looted cash of Rs 3.30 lakh after assaulting Saurabh and Pramod. They also took away their mobile phones, said police.