GREATER NOIDA: Days after a Greater Noida-based eatery owner was shot dead for refusing to serve food during night curfew, an alleged confession video of the two men, arrested in the case, has surfaced on social media.
Bulandshahr natives Aakash Gurjar and Yogendra, aged 30, who were arrested on January 1, just hours after they allegedly shot Kapil Rana, the owner of SR Food Service at Tribute Arcade near Pari Chowk, for refusing to serve parathas during night curfew hours (11 pm to 5 am), imposed due to rising Covid cases, had allegedly recorded the clip on an isolated stretch soon after committing the crime and uploaded it from one of their Facebook accounts.
The video, which had since been circulated several times on social media, has been removed from the internet, police said. The clip, however, will be used as evidence against the two men, police added.
“On Sunday, we came across the video on Aakash’s Facebook account in which the two accused confessed to the crime. We will be using the video in court as evidence now,” SHO Beta 2 Anil Kumar said. Police have also moved an application in the court to question the accused about the video.
In the video, the accused allegedly claimed to have shot Rana and invited their loved ones to visit them in jail, police said, adding that the men did not express any remorse for their actions.
According to police, the accused had reached the eatery around 1.30 am on Saturday and ordered parathas, but Rana had denied serving them food as it was post 1 am. “Rana had also called the police helpline number 112 when the two men started creating a ruckus. While Aakash and Yogendra left at the time, they returned to the eatery around 3.30 am and shot Rana dead. The victim had sustained three gunshot wounds and died after reaching the nearest hospital,” Kumar said.
Police have arrested them under IPC Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and Section 25/27 of the Arms Act. An illegal pistol and two live cartridges were also recovered from the men. “We have found that the pistol used in the crime belonged to Yogendra, who had procured it from Bihar around two years back. Yogendra, who works as a driver, has been earlier arrested in a liquor smuggling case. The two are currently lodged in jail,” the SHO said.
Bulandshahr natives Aakash Gurjar and Yogendra, aged 30, who were arrested on January 1, just hours after they allegedly shot Kapil Rana, the owner of SR Food Service at Tribute Arcade near Pari Chowk, for refusing to serve parathas during night curfew hours (11 pm to 5 am), imposed due to rising Covid cases, had allegedly recorded the clip on an isolated stretch soon after committing the crime and uploaded it from one of their Facebook accounts.
The video, which had since been circulated several times on social media, has been removed from the internet, police said. The clip, however, will be used as evidence against the two men, police added.
“On Sunday, we came across the video on Aakash’s Facebook account in which the two accused confessed to the crime. We will be using the video in court as evidence now,” SHO Beta 2 Anil Kumar said. Police have also moved an application in the court to question the accused about the video.
In the video, the accused allegedly claimed to have shot Rana and invited their loved ones to visit them in jail, police said, adding that the men did not express any remorse for their actions.
According to police, the accused had reached the eatery around 1.30 am on Saturday and ordered parathas, but Rana had denied serving them food as it was post 1 am. “Rana had also called the police helpline number 112 when the two men started creating a ruckus. While Aakash and Yogendra left at the time, they returned to the eatery around 3.30 am and shot Rana dead. The victim had sustained three gunshot wounds and died after reaching the nearest hospital,” Kumar said.
Police have arrested them under IPC Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and Section 25/27 of the Arms Act. An illegal pistol and two live cartridges were also recovered from the men. “We have found that the pistol used in the crime belonged to Yogendra, who had procured it from Bihar around two years back. Yogendra, who works as a driver, has been earlier arrested in a liquor smuggling case. The two are currently lodged in jail,” the SHO said.
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