MP pharma factory murder: Police make 3 more arrests

The murder took place on Tuesday night when six people entered the factory premises, allegedly to steal scrap. The accused, also six in number, were security guards at the factory

Published on: Oct 1, 2020, 16:29:16 IST

Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Shruti Tomar

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Police on Thursday made three more arrests, including that of a minor, for beating two men to death inside a defunct pharmaceutical factory in the Pithampur industrial area of Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. This brings the total arrests made in the case this far to five.

This brings the number of arrests in the case to five; one man is still on the run. (Representational Image)

The murder took place on Tuesday night when six people entered the factory premises, allegedly to steal scrap. The accused, also six in number, were security guards at the factory, said Taresh Soni, town inspector, Pithampur police station.

The accused thwarted the break-in and managed to nab two of the alleged thieves. They then went on to beat the teenager (17), a resident of Khera village, and Roshan Bhargava (25), a resident of Pithampur. While Bhargava died on the spot, the boy succumbed to his injuries on the way to a hospital, Soni said.

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Two of the accused were arrested on Wednesday, said the police.

The arrested accused have been identified as Rishi Yadav (22), a resident of Siwan district in Bihar; Harishankar Patel (27) from Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh (UP); Abhishek Thakur (28) and Harvijay Singh (32) from Faizabad district in UP, a juvenile (17) from Pithampur area; and Kapil Yadav, from UP’s Faizabad. Yadav is still on the run.

Police said the arrested men have confessed to their crime. They have been booked under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. They were produced before a court on Thursday and were remanded to judicial custody, Soni added.

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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