This story is from October 24, 2020

Ballia firing: Cops recover revolver used in murder

In a major breakthrough on Friday, the Ballia police recovered the 0.32 bore revolver used in the murder occurred in full public view and in the presence of police and administrative officials at Durjanpur village in Revati police station area on October 15.
Ballia firing: Cops recover revolver used in murder
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VARANASI: In a major breakthrough on Friday, the Ballia police recovered the 0.32 bore revolver used in the murder occurred in full public view and in the presence of police and administrative officials at Durjanpur village in Revati police station area on October 15.
Ballia SP Devendra Nath said that the police have recovered the revolver, which was buried by the main accused Dhirendra Pratap Singh under a tree near his house.
The police had taken him to his house in search of the arm on Thursday.
After the recovery of the arm, a section 30 of Arms Act was added in the FIR lodged against him and others, who were earlier booked under sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 323, 352, 504, 506 of IPC and 7 CLA Act.
Dhirendra had opened fire allegedly killing a local resident Jaiprakash Pal in presence of SDM, circle officer, SO Revati, policemen and hundreds of villagers at Durjanpur village during the allotment process of a fair price shop on October 15.
Dhirendra, his two cousins and seven others were arrested in his connection till October 18. Following his arrest by STF near Janeshwar Park in Lucknow, Dhirendra was brought to Ballia and was produced before the CJM court on October 19. Dhirendra’s lawyer had submitted a bail plea, which was rejected by the CJM, who ordered to sent him to jail on 14-day judicial remand.
Dhirendra was sent to jail on October 19 after which the police started the process to take him on remand for further investigation. The CJM court ordered a 48-hour police remand from Thursday morning. The Ballia police took him to the incident spot and also near his house to search the arms used by him.
On Friday, the police recovered a revolver of 0.32 bore hidden under a tree near his house. He admitted that he had buried the revolver before fleeing from the scene.
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