By Piyush Srivastava
Unidentified men shot dead a Hindutva leader and a drug supplier in Moradabad on Sunday evening in what appears to be the fallout of a gang rivalry.
Kamal Chauhan, district president of the Hindu Samaj Party, was a history sheeter and had been arrested in March for possessing around 1kg of hashish, sent to jail and granted bail.
Moradabad superintendent of police Kumar Ranvijay Singh said that primary investigations had revealed that Sunny Diwakar and his gang members were behind the murder.
Sunny, also engaged in the supply of drugs, was under the impression that Kamal was trying to sabotage his business, Singh said.
“There were several cases against Kamal, including the supply of illegal substances. There was a general perception that he was also working against Sunny’s gang. Kamal had gone to Katghar market on a scooter along with his cousin Vishal. While returning to his home in Durgesh Nagar, the killers shot him and escaped on their motorcycles,”
Singh added.
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