MEERUT: Sandeep Pilwan, who allegedly murdered his cousin – Nishant Pilwan – and carried a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head, was on Wednesday arrested in a joint operation by the Meerut special task force (STF), Agra unit, and Noida Police.
The murder of the 28-year-old Noida-based advocate was the fallout of a property dispute, police said.
A case was registered on the complaint of Nishant’s father, Prem Singh, against unknown persons and during preliminary investigation, it was found that Nishant had a dispute with some people over a chunk of land.
According to the STF, Sandeep, who was planning to go into hiding to evade arrest, was nabbed from near Meerut bus stand, officials said.
“During interrogation, Sandeep Pilwan confessed to have killed his cousin over a property dispute. On being threatened by Nishant that he would take the legal route, the accused got infuriated and shot him at his house on October 25,” states the STF press release.
Nishant was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
