Rape case eyewitness and nephew shot dead

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar
Last Updated : Feb 27 2013 | 2:05 PM IST
Eye-witness of a seven-year-old rape and murder case and his nephew were shot dead allegedly over old enmity in Shamli district, police said today.
The deceased, Dharambir Kashyap was an eye witness in a rape and murder case of the girl in 2006, police said.
A case has been registered against nine people and three accused identified as Amesh, Ankit and Moji have been arrested in this connection, Atul Saxena, Additional SP told reporters here.
Meanwhile, enraged over the incident, villagers sat on protest last evening and refused to handover the bodies of Dharambir and his nephew Popin.
They later were pacified by senior police officials.
"The bodies have been sent for postmortem. Extra police force has been deployed to ease tension in the village," police said.
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First Published: Feb 27 2013 | 2:05 PM IST