Overview
- Two masked men on a scooter fired three rounds at 45-year-old Gangasahay Kumawat in Janaki Vihar while he was returning to Sanganer open jail, and one bullet struck his head, killing him on Wednesday evening.
- Local residents alerted police and teams from Karni Vihar, Bhankrota and Chitrakoot stations collected evidence at the scene and began an active search for the shooters.
- By Aug. 13 police said they had detained three people after reviewing CCTV and questioning suspects, and investigators are treating a claim that the attack grew from an old enmity as a lead.
- Rajasthan’s Leader of the Opposition publicly criticised the state government and raised wider concerns about law-and-order in Jaipur following the daylight killing.
- Sanganer’s status as an open jail, which allows some inmates outside movement, has focused attention on prison oversight and could prompt reviews of inmate transport and local security practices.