MUZAFFARNAGAR: Ayush Mishra, 20, son of a local temple priest, was allegedly shot dead by three of his “friends”. He succumbed to a gunshot on the head and died on the spot. Police are investigating the case. The incident took place late Tuesday night at the Shahbuddinpur Road in the Kotwali Nagar police station area.
Mishra was taken from home on the pretext of having chowmein with friends. He was then taken to an isolated place.
Pandit Devendra Prasad Mishra, a resident of Mohalla Janakpuri of the Thana Civil Line area, is a priest in the local Gauri Shankar Shiv temple. Originally a resident of Sultanpur district, Devendra had settled in Muzaffarnagar 12 years ago.
The family was informed that the bullet-ridden body of Raj Mishra was lying at an empty plot on Shahbuddinpur Road an hour after Devendra had left home. The police launched an investigation after sending the body to a post-mortem house.
The police have booked a murder case against all three accused, Sunny alias Tota, Lavish alias Lavi, and Ravi Kumar.
The police arrested all the three accused and sent them to jail. They said the accused and deceased had an argument over a petty matter weeks ago, which is why they killed Mishra.
According to superintendent of police Arpit Vijayvargiya: “Further investigation is being conducted and action will be taken accordingly”.
