Overview
- Yogesh Kumar, 58, a retired Indian Air Force warrant officer, was shot near his Loni home on December 26 by two bike-borne attackers, according to police.
- Officers allege a long-running dispute over the house and savings led sons Nitesh and Guddu to offer Rs 5 lakh to have their father killed.
- Police arrested neighbor Arvind, who they say confessed that he and his brother-in-law Naveen, a UP Police constable posted in Kaushambi, fired the fatal shots; a court sent him to 14 days’ judicial custody.
- Nitesh, Guddu, and constable Naveen remain absconding as teams conduct raids, review CCTV, and pursue the case registered under BNS Section 103(1) with Arms Act provisions.
- Recovered evidence includes a .315 bore country-made pistol, live and used cartridges, an iron pipe allegedly used in the attack, and a motorcycle; police note Arvind’s prior juvenile link to the 2008 Barari massacre.