Hunt on for Guwahati businessman's killer

GUWAHATI: Police have launched a hunt for supari killer Omkar Singh Nalwa in connection with the murder of city-based businessman Ajit Singh (45), who was shot dead in the Basista area on November 29.
The crime branch of police, which has already arrested Ajeet Singh(38), known as Ajeet Singh ADR and one Gurpesh Singh (37), on Monday night, found that both the accused hired Nalwa to kill Ajit Singh.
Police have already circulated the images of Nalwa across the country and asked for help from all its counter parts. Nalwa is a professional killer. He was accused in another shoot out case of one Ravindar Singh which took place here last year. He was cited in several locations recently. We have alerted our counterparts in New Delhi, West Bengal, Manipur and Jammu too. He hails from Jammu, said city SSP A P Tiwari.
The SSP added that Nalwa is a hardcore criminal and in touch with several businessmen in the city. Ajeet Singh is the mastermind in the killing. He asked Gurpesh, his employee, to act on his behalf and hired Nalwa. "We have found one revolver, ammunition and five mobile handsets from his house. However, the ballistic tests are yet to confirm whether it's the same gun used in the killing," added the SSP.
Police suspected that Ajit Singh was fired either by a 0.32mm or .0.38 revolver. Police booked Ajeet Singh ADR under section 302 of IPC, R/W sec 25 (1) (A)/ 27 of Arms Act.
According to the SSP, the killing was a fallout of personal enmity and business rivalry. "Both of them were against each other due to some socio-economic clash. Both were in the same business and rivalry led to the killing. There is another Gurmeet Singh involved in the killing and we are also looking for him," added the SSP.
Sources said Ajeet Singh ADR and Ajit Singh were having an enmity for over two years. "Ajeet Singh ADR flew to New Delhi on the same day of the shoot out so that he can mislead the investigation," said a senior cop in the crime branch.
Already, crime branch teams have headed for Imphal, Siliguri, Ghaziabad, Jalandhar, Diburgarh and Dhubri in search of Nalwa.