Lucknow: Two businessmen arrested for abetting Mahoba trader's suicide

LUCKNOW: Nearly three weeks after Mahoba trader Indrakant Tripathi succumbed to gunshot injury, police on Friday arrested businessmen Suresh Soni and Brahma Dutt on charges of abetment to suicide.
On the complaint of crusher dealer’s brother, Ravi Kant Tripathi, police had lodged a case of attempt to murder on September 11 against suspended IPS officer Manilal Patidar, inspector Devendra Shukla and businessmen Suresh Soni and Brahma Dutt.
The arrests came after the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by IG (Varanasi range) Vijay Meena found that the crusher dealer was not murdered and had allegedly committed suicide.
Talking to TOI, superintendent of police, Mahoba, Arun Srivastava said after the SIT report, the case of attempt to murder was changed to abetment to suicide.
“We have arrested Suresh Soni and Brahma Dutt who were named by the businessman’s brother in the FIR. Names of other cops have also surfaced. Corruption charges against them are being scrutinised and action will be taken soon,” he added.
Inspector general of police, Chitrakoot Dham range, K Satyanarayan said, “The name of a police constable, Arun Kumar Yadav, has come to the fore. Yadav reportedly used to run vehicles for transportation of mining minerals. We have seized 10 such vehicles and two teams have been sent to Mathura and Etawah to nab him.”
Eight other teams were formed by Mahoba police on Friday evening to search for missing IPS officer Manilal Patidar and suspended inspector Devendra Shukla.
On September 8, Tripathi had uploaded a video on social media claiming that then Mahoba SP Manilal Patidar was seeking bribe and there was a threat to his life. Hours later, he was found with gunshot injury on his neck. He succumbed to injury on September 13.
Later, Patidar was suspended and booked for murder.