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Viral Video Shows Meerut Killing as Police Launch Priority Probe

Police say teams are tracing suspects after verifying the victim as 25-year-old Adil.

Overview

  • An 11-second clip circulating online shows a man on the ground as a friend fires three shots into his chest, police say.
  • Officers verified the victim as Adil alias Rehan, 25, whose body was found Wednesday near a tubewell in the forests of Narhada village.
  • Preliminary findings say Adil was called from home Tuesday by friends named as Hamza and Jul Qamar and may have been rendered unconscious before the shooting.
  • Adil’s family filed a complaint naming six accused, and the SSP said multiple teams are working to trace them and to determine why the video was made viral.
  • Police describe this as the first deliberately filmed murder in Meerut and say arrests are expected as the motive remains under investigation.