Three booked 8 months after youth’s murder

Vadodara: Eight months after a youth’s body was found from a pond near Bapod at Shankarpura village on the outskirts of Vadodara city, police have registered an offence of murder against three persons. The offence was registered at Varnama police station on the order of a court.
The body of Deepak Deore (26) was found from a pond near Bapod octroi post on June 25 last year. Postmortem report had revealed that Deore had grievous injuries on his head, yet police registered a case of accidental death.
Deore’s brother Mukesh too had submitted a complaint to register an offence against Sanjay Rabari, Chirag Vasava and Lala Rabari, but it was not taken note of.
Deore’s mother Meera approached a local court with a plea to direct cops to register an FIR. Looking into submissions made by Meera, the court recently ordered police to register an offence of murder against the trio.
Meera told police that on June 25, the accused trio had come to their home and asked her son to go with them as they wanted to talk about something important.
A few hours later, Vasava again came to their home to inform that Deore had accidentally fallen into a pond. Locals searched for Deore but his body was fished out by firemen in night.
Deore’s family had then alleged that he did not know swimming and hence would not venture near the pond. The family members said they were sure that the trio had killed Deore.
“We have registered an offence and formed teams to arrest the accused. It is only after they are interrogated, we would know the reason behind Deore’s murder,” said a police official.