Murder arrest delay: Bounty, stir in Hisar

Caption:Hisar traders protesting on Monday against police inaction in the Sonia murder caseHisar: An alleged wife-slayer believed be hiding in Delhi or a pilgrimage centre now carries a bounty of ₹50,000, as traders take to the streets with black banners over the stalled Sonia murder case.The Civil Lines police announced the cash reward on Monday for any input leading to the arrest of Saurabh Anand, who is on the run since the crime in Hisar's Sector 13 and may be hiding in Delhi or Uttarakhand's Haridwar. Superintendent of police Siddhant Jain directed the bounty announcement.The case was registered on May 1 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 103(1) and 3(5). The Hisar police wants the secret inputs to be passed on to the Civil Lines station house officer at 8814011307 or the district police control room at 01662-237150.Meanwhile, anger over the delay in the accused's arrest spilled onto the streets as traders in Hisar protested in the Auto Market under the leadership of Haryana Pradesh Vyapar Mandal state president and former Haryana Confed chairman Bajrang Garg. They put up black banners and raised slogans against the police administration. Addressing the gathering, Garg said the fact that the accused was out even after 18 days of the crime proved police and the govt's collective failure. He claimed that public anger was growing rapidly over the delay in action. MSID:: 131178274 413 |