Demonstrating exceptional speed and skills Udaipur Police has solved the case of murder of excise department employee and a resident of Hiran Magri Sector-3, Yashwant Sharma (56), a couple of days back. Police has identified 6 people in the case of which 5 have been arrested, including one juvenile.

Readers may recall that Yashwant, his daughter and son had returned from Ahmedabad on Wednesday night-Thursday morning. When they could not find an auto to go to their place, they took a lift in a car (van). The van already had 4 people in it. The van riders tried to loot Yashwant and his daughter of their belongings. When Yashwant resisted, he was stabbed in thigh right in front of his daughter’s eye. He was then thrown on the road where he died due to excessive blood flow. His daughter and son were then dropped off after some time.

How the case was cracked

To crack the case, Police questioned all the taxi owners and garage owners about a Gujarat number van. One crucial clue came from a garage owner in Goverdhan Vilas area. The garage owner had a Gujarat number van and its entire engine body had been taken down. The Garage owner informed that the van was left behind in a broken down state at his garage. It was brought their towed by another Gujarat number vehicle.

The garage owner said that he did not know any of the people who came to drop the van but remembered one their names as Deepak Oad. On checking their records, Police found Deepak involved in petty crimes in Ambamata area. When police traced his location, he was found to be in Goverdhan Vilas, Udiapole region during that time. His family said that he has not been traceable since 8 pm on the day of incident. On not finding, Deepak, police then investigated his friends and finally managed to break the accused.

What the accused did with the money

The accused set recoved Rs 6000 from the loot. They divided this amount equally. While some of the people used the money to pay off their old dues, the juvenile went ahead and bought some clothes for himself.

Came to know through newspaper

The accused had stabbed Yashwant in the thigh and thrown him on the street. They were not aware of his state till they read in the newspaper next day morning that he had died. This then threw them in a tizzy and they hurried to remove all evidences about their van.