Net cut, Section 144 imposed in Rajasthan city after boy’s murder

KOTA: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been clamped and internet services suspended in Rajasthan’s Baran municipal council area from Saturday night till Monday 3am, following the murder of a 16-year-old boy outside the grain mandi gate in Baran city.
CCTV footage of the crime has gone viral . The key accused, who has been identified as Hemant Rathore, fired two rounds at the boy who was walking on the road outside the gate. When he noticed that there was movement in the body, he thrashed him with an iron rod till he died. Pan0icstricken people at the spot were dumbstruck. The accused youth strolled up and down the road for 4-5 minutes, but no one dared to nab him.
Police on Sunday arrested Rathore and his two aides. Attempts are being made to arrest 4-5 other people named in the FIR, Baran SP Vineet Bansal said. He added that past enmity between two groups led to the murder. Though the situation remained peaceful, the district administration imposed Section 144 and banned internet services as a precautionary measure, the SP said.