Overview
- Police say the victim, identified as Surendra, 28, was shot three times in the Ramraj market around 1:45 pm, including a point-blank shot to the temple captured on CCTV.
- The accused, identified as Pradeep, posted a four-minute video confessing and threatening his wife, and officers say they are verifying the clip’s authenticity.
- Special teams used CCTV and the viral video to trace Pradeep to a sugarcane field, where he pointed a country-made pistol at officers during a roughly 40-minute standoff before surrendering.
- Authorities booked the suspect under BNS section 103 for murder and said further charges could follow based on evidence collected.
- After the post-mortem, the victim’s family blocked a road demanding an arrest; media reports differ on the suspect’s surname as police also examine allegations he made against local officers and the source of the firearms.