India: Delhi Police arrest two shooters, their aide in murder of Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Gogamedi

The Delhi police have arrested three people including two shooters for the murder of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena president Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the news agency ANI reported early Sunday (Dec 10). "In a joint operation with Rajasthan Police, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has detained three accused, including the main accused (the shooters) Rohit Rathore and Nitin Fauji in the Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi murder case, from Chandigarh," the Delhi Police told ANI.

ANI reported that the three accused were brought to the Crime Branch Office in Delhi.

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The murder case

Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was shot dead at his home in Jaipur's Shyam Nagar area on Tuesday (Dec 5). According to Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra, the shooters opened fire at Gogamedi inside hishome. "One of Gogamedi's security personnel and another person were injured in the firing," DGP Mishra added.

Gogamedi was immediately rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

A report by the news agency PTI said on Saturday that another man, Ramveer Jat, one of the conspirators in the murder case, was arrested. Jat, a resident of Mahendragarh district of Haryana, had allegedly contractedshooters to kill Gogamedi.

The police told PTI that following the killing, Jat took the shooters Nitin and Rohit on a motorcycle and helped them board a Rajasthan Roadways bus ahead of Bagru toll plaza.

Quick action taken in case: Rajasthan BJP chief

Speaking to ANI, Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President CP Joshi said that quick action was taken in the murder case. "A quick action was taken in this (Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi murder case) case and all the accused were arrested. I thank all the agencies for taking immediate action...," Joshi said.

Later on Sunday, a memorial service will be held for the Karni Sena chief at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

(With inputs from agencies)