Police launch manhunt for killers of witness in Asaram case

Muzaffarnagar: Three police teams have been formed to apprehend the two assailants who shot dead Akhil Gupta, a witness in the rape case against Asaram Bapu in Surat, on Sunday evening.
Akhil’s cousin Ashish Gupta has lodged an FIR against two unidentified persons, Senior Superin-tendent of Police H N Singh told PTI here on Monday.
Three teams led by SP, city, Sarvan Kumar have been formed to trace the accused, he said.
Akhil was returning home from his shop on a scooter when the two motorcycle-borne assailant shot at him. He was declared dead in district hospital last evening. Gupta was a cook and personal aide of self-styled ‘Godman’ Asaram, who is in jail since Sep-tember 2013 in connection with another case of sexual assault on a minor girl in Jodhpur. (PTI)