The police suspect that Nazir Shaikh’s (38) murder was an act of revenge killing, plotted by Jagya Singh aka Nepali, whose brother Sarfya Singh Nepali was shot dead in an encounter, based on Nazir’s tip-off, in 2006. The police have registered a case of murder against Jagya Singh, Deepak (26), Kumar alias Kalya Chinku Devendra (34), Mani Naidu (24) and a couple of unidentified persons. While Kumar and Naidu were arrested yesterday, the remaining suspects are still at large.

The accused: Kumar and Naidu outside Bhoiwada court yesterday