Budaun HPCL plant killings: Prime accused's shops built on govt land razed, 2 more arrested

BUDAUN (UP): (Mar 18) The district administration in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun on Tuesday demolished shops belonging to the prime accused in the murder of two Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) officials, citing that the establishments were built on government land.

Later in the evening, the police arrested two more people for their alleged involvement in the case.

On March 12, two officials of an HPCL plant in Sejni village -- Assistant General Manager Harshit Mishra (34) and General Manager Sudhir Kumar Gupta (58) -- were shot dead allegedly by Ajay Pratap Singh alias Ramu, a local who was earlier a vendor at the plant.