Key Takeaways
- The alleged killers Rohit Rathore and Nitin Fauji were captured at Hotel Kamal Palace, Chandigarh.
- Police say the duo received ₹50,000 each for the murder of Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi.
- After the killing, the suspects travelled through Didwana, Dharuhera and Hisar before being arrested.
On the night of Saturday, December 9, two teams of Rajasthan and Delhi police, nabbed the alleged killers of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, from Hotel Kamal Palace, Sector 24, Chandigarh. The two accused, Rohit Rathore and Nitin Fauji, were staying in the hotel on fake IDs, and were planning to go abroad, as told by Delhi police.
Rathore of Jaipur and Fauji of Mahendragarh, Haryana, had allegedly been promised 50,000 Rs each for killing Gogamedi.
The duo of the attackers was accompanied by another associate, Udham Singh, who had allegedly helped Rathore and Fauji to evade arrest. All three have been taken to Jaipur for interrogation by Rajasthan police. As per Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), Amit Goel, the arms used in the murder of Gogamedi are yet to be recovered.
It was on December 5 that Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was killed in his own house, prompting Delhi police to start tracking the shooters. According to Rajasthan police, the attackers fled to Didwana by taxi, then took a bus to Delhi.
From there they reached Dharuhera, hired an autorickshaw to Rewari railway station, and boarded a train to Hisar.
Rathore and Fauji then met Udham Singh, who further helped them to evade the police. With Udham’s assistance, the duo hired a taxi for Himachal Pradesh’s Manali, from where they came back to Chandigarh on December 9. From Chandigarh, they had a plan to go to Goa and further south in India.
