2 more arrested from Bengal in BTech student murder case

DEHRADUN: Two more accused in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old BTech student in an alleged clash over an old rivalry between two groups of students in Dehradun’s Premnagar area on March 23, were arrested from Purulia, West Bengal, police said on Thursday.

Prahlad Raj Singh and Ankur Singh, both residents of Bihar, were hiding at a resort in Purulia before being nabbed by police. The two men were accomplices of four other accused who had been arrested earlier and are currently lodged in jail.

SSP Pramendra Dobal said police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on each of them for their alleged involvement in the murder of Divyanshu Jatrana, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, who was studying at a private university in Premnagar.

“Acting on an input about their whereabouts in West Bengal, a police team raided the resort and apprehended the two. They were then brought to Dehradun on transit remand on Thursday. They were produced before a local court on the same day before being sent to jail,” said Dobal.