Overview
- Mahipal, 45, was found with two gunshot wounds and dumped on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway service lane near Bambawad on Friday.
- Investigators arrested 22-year-old Deepak Goswami on Sunday near the Dhoom-Manikpur bypass after tracing him through surveillance.
- Police describe Goswami as a pharmacy undergraduate and medical representative who connected with the victim’s daughter on Instagram.
- Officers say Goswami monitored Mahipal’s movements for weeks and allegedly shot him twice before fleeing with the victim’s phone and documents to mislead the probe.
- A country-made pistol, three live cartridges, and the motorcycle suspected in the crime were recovered, and an FIR under BNS Section 103 and the Arms Act remains under investigation with CCTV and forensic analysis ongoing.