Kasauli killing accused Vijay Singh sent to police custody

May 04, 2018 10:14 pm | Updated 10:14 pm IST - CHANDIGARH

Police escort Kasauli killing accused Vijay Singh to a court in Kasauli on May 4, 2018.

Police escort Kasauli killing accused Vijay Singh to a court in Kasauli on May 4, 2018.

A Kasuli court on May 4 ordered five-day police remand for Vijay Singh, who had allegedly shot dead a government official overseeing a demolition drive near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.

Singh, who was nabbed by a joint team of Himachal and Delhi Police on May 3 from Vrindavan town of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, was produced before the court of additional chief judicial magistrate in Kasauli on May 5.

The police wanted the five-day custody to take the accused to the crime scene. “The court has remanded him [Vijay Singh] to five day police custody. We had sought his custody for further investigation of the case. Also, we have recovered the .32 bore revolver used in the crime,” police said.

Shiv Kumar, officiating Superintendent of Police, Solan, said that the weapon used for committing the crime was hidden by the accused in the forest area near his guest house.

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