AMN /
Polioce received a major breakthrough with arrest of a man in connection with murder of the main witness in Asaram rape case in Shahjahanpur earlier this month. Police said, Narayan Pandey, a follower of the self-styled godman, was arrested by the Sadar Bazar police of Shahjahanpur yesterday in connection with the murder of Kripal Singh. They said, Pandey, who admitted to his role in Singh’s murder, was produced in the court and sent to jail.
Singh was killed by motorcycle-borne assailants on 10th of this month in Cant police station area. He was a key witness and his statement in the case against Asaram had been recorded some three months ago. Asaram has been in a jail in Jodhpur since September 2013.
The arrest comes a day after the State government recommended a CBI probe into the murder of another important witness Akhil Gupta in the rape case against self styled former godman Asaram. Shahjahanpur police said that Narayan Pandey is one of the main conspirator in the murder case of Kripal Singh. Pandey is the same person who was arrested last year in December for threatening the brother of the 16-years-old Shahjahanpur girl who had accused Asaram of sexually assaulting her in August 2013.