Meerut was tense on Monday after the body of a trader was found in a sack. City police said the deceased, Sunil Garg, was a prominent iron trader and was missing since Sunday evening. He was associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Singh (RSS).
Garg was last seen campaigning for a BJP candidate in the civic body polls on Sunday evening. “There were injuries on the face, which seem to have been inflicted with sharp weapons,” said the Superintendent of Police (city) Meerut, Man Singh. Police recovered his bike from the parking lot of a local hospital.
“At this stage, we are not in a position to say much more. We are probing,” he said.
Meanwhile, workers of the BJP and the RSS took to the streets to protest against the State and district administration. A large group of protesters sat on a dharna in the heart of the city demanding that the culprits be booked under the stringent National Securities Act .
Vineet Sharda, head of the State BJP traders’ cell, said the family must be given protection immediately. Also, a job must be given to a family member. “Garg left his house at 4 in the evening, after telling his wife Rashmi that he would be back soon. He went to campaign for the BJP candidate from Surajkund ward Anshul Gupta,” Mr. Sharda told The Hindu .
