Police said an FIR has been registered. (Representational)

Dehradun:

A Dehradun-based property dealer was killed by a man he had hired to eliminate his business partner, police said. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Manjesh Kumar (42) hired Arjun Kumar (30) to kill his business partner Sanjay Singh alias Fauji, however, the hitman later disclosed the plot to him, Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh said.

Sanjay Singh then offered the hitman Rs 10 crore to kill Arjun Kumar instead, the SSP added.

Lured by the money, the contract killer, Arjun Kumar (30) , invited Manjesh Kumar to a party on November 29 at his friend Sachin’s rented house in Patel Nagar.

After offering him drinks, Arjun and Sachin strangled Manjesh Kumar to death and fled after giving the victim’s gold chain, ring, and car keys to another one of their accomplice, Afzal Malik , the SSP said.

Manjesh Kumar’s body was recovered the following morning from Sachin’s house, the police said.

The police arrested Arjun Kumar from Sonipat while SAchin was arrested from Asharodi checkpost in Dehradun while trying to flee, the SSP said.

Sanjay Singh and Afzal Malik, were arrested on Tuesday and the victim’s belongings were recovered from him, the SSP added.

During their interrogation, it was revealed that Manjesh Kumar and Sanjay Singh had been business partners for a long time. However, they were involved in a dispute over a piece of land that Singh had acquired for plots on the Sahastradhara-Jhajhra highway, and Kumar was demanding a 50 percent share in it.

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Dehradun:

Eight people were injured, two of them severely, in an explosion on Thursday at a scrap dealer’s shop in the Raipur area of the city, police said.

The blast occurred when a partially exploded mortar shell went off, Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajai Singh told PTI.

The scrap shop in Kidduwala under the Raipur police station area is not far from a firing range, he said.

Scrap dealers in the area often pick up waste materials from the range, the SSP said.

A fire unit and a bomb disposal squad were rushed to the spot, Superintendent of Police (City) Pramod Kumar said, adding that the blast took place after 2 pm.

Five of the injured were undergoing treatment at the Doon Hospital and the condition of two of them is stated to be serious, Pramod Kumar said.

Three others who sustained minor injuries were admitted to the Coronation Hospital, he said, adding that investigations are on.

Uttarakhand Congress senior vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana, who met with the injured, said the blast took place when a boy tried to break an object with a hammer.

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