Overview
- Haridwar police arrested Sunny Yadav, also known as Shera, and Ajay from a forest near Sikandarpur along the Bijnor highway and recovered two illegal pistols and cartridges.
- Three police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were suspended over procedural failures during the transfer, and a departmental inquiry was assigned to the rural superintendent of police.
- Investigators say preliminary findings point to a repayment dispute and revenge, alleging Yadav tracked Vinay Tyagi after demands for money were met with threats.
- Tyagi, an undertrial lodged under the Gangster Act, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and remains hospitalised at AIIMS Rishikesh; Indian Express reported he is on ventilator support, and two constables were also injured.
- Police say the assailants ambushed the vehicle on the Laksar flyover during a traffic jam, and the state’s ADG Law and Order had ordered immediate arrests with warnings of action for any delay.