Overview
- Deepak Goswami, 22–23, a third-year BPharm student and medical representative, was arrested near the Dhoom-Manikpur bypass on Sunday.
- Investigators say he shot Mahipal, 45, after the family rejected his bid to marry the victim’s daughter, whose wedding was scheduled for December.
- Police formed multiple teams, reviewed about 50 CCTV feeds and used electronic surveillance to identify and track the suspect within two days.
- A country-made .32 pistol with live cartridges, the motorcycle used, and two mobile phones were seized, and cases under murder and the Arms Act were registered at Badalpur police station.
- The victim was found with two gunshot wounds to the chest on the service lane of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, and forensic and ballistic examinations are ongoing.