Meerut, April 05: A district court here has acquitted two accused in connection with the murder of under-19 cricketer Gagandeep Singh and a shopkeeper in 2009, due to lack of evidence.
Ajay Raj and Rahul Sirohi were acquitted by the district court yesterday for lack of evidence.
However, both the accused, currently lodged in jail in connection with the case, would continue to remain behind bars for their involvement in various other criminal activities in Delhi and UP from 2008 to 2009.
On October 9, 2009, Raj along with his accomplices took up a quarrel with a shopkeeper at an eating joint in Meerut over delay in being served and later fired at him and another person sitting in the shop.
When they were trying to flee, Gangandeep attempted to overpower them and in the scuffle the assailants fired at him and fled.
Raj was arrested by police in January 2010.
———PTI