A pick-up vehicle collides with a car, the car rider gets down and tries to run away, the people who got out of the pick-up knock him down at a short distance and attack him with an axe.
In connection with this incident of murder that took place on the evening of 11 November in Jagdamba Nagar area of Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, the police have arrested 4 people, whose age is between 21 to 23 years.
The name of the youth killed in this incident was Vijay Bajiya and according to police records, he was a history-sheeter criminal.
In a statement, Jaipur West Deputy Commissioner of Police Prashant Kiran said that the reason for the incident was a seven-year-old enmity.
According to the police statement, the deceased Vijay Bajiya and his associates had murdered Kailash Golya, father of the accused Anish, arrested in this case, seven years ago.
According to DCP Prashant Kiran, "The rivalry was going on for the last seven years, to avenge the murder of Anish's father, Gang 7007 has carried out this incident of murder."
Police have identified the four arrested accused as Anish Golya, Kamlesh Golya, Dinesh Chaudhary and Yuvraj Chaudhary. All of them are residents of Tibaria village of Jaipur rural area.
While talking to the media, DCP Prashant Kiran said that around 8 pm on Wednesday, the police had received information that some unknown people had attacked a person with axes near Ravana Gate in Jagdamba Nagar area.
According to the police, the injured was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead.
According to the police, there was an old enmity between the deceased Vijay Bajiya and the accused Anish Golya and there was an argument between the two on the day of the incident.
Police investigation has also claimed that before the incident, Anish Golya and his associates had chased Bajiya for several hours.
According to Jaipur Police, deceased Vijay Bajiya has a long criminal record. According to police records, at least 15 cases were registered against Vijay Bajiya and he was declared a history-sheeter in the year 2024.
Rajesh Gupta, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jaipur West, told BBC: "The person who was murdered has a criminal record and was also involved in the murder of the father of an accused in 2019."
However, among the accused who have been arrested on murder charges, a case has been registered against only one. According to the police, the accused had formed a group named 7007. However, he does not have any major criminal record before this.
Additional DCP Rajesh Gupta told BBC News Hindi, "We are investigating who else was associated with these accused and whether they were involved in any kind of criminal activities, although out of the four accused arrested so far, only one accused has a criminal record."
Vijay was also contesting for the post of Sarpanch of Bajia village and he had made many posts related to this on his Instagram account. Bajia used to travel in vehicle number 0302. Jaipur Police has confirmed the number of his vehicle.
According to Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Gupta, Vijay was active on social media under the name Bajia 1507. Jaipur Rural Police is separately investigating the activities of people associated with him.
Rajesh Gupta told BBC, "Whether Vijay was running any organized group or not is also being investigated."
Jaipur Police had arrested four accused within 12 hours of the incident. Later the accused were taken to the spot. Its videos have also been shared on social media. In many videos, local people are seen raising slogans in support of Jaipur Police.
Police claim that the situation remains normal after the incident. According to ACP Rajesh Gupta, "This incident of murder took place due to personal rivalry, Bajiya also has a criminal record, there is peace in the area after the incident."
Crime reporter Om Prakash, who has been reporting on crime incidents for a long time, says that there is no special anger among the people after this incident of murder. However, he also says that people are definitely shocked by the manner of the incident.
Om Prakash says, "Earlier there were not many incidents of crime in Rajasthan, but now such incidents of crime do not surprise. There has been no big reaction after this incident because the person who was murdered himself had a criminal record."
According to local reporter Om Prakash, live videos of the incident were recorded and circulated on social media, due to which the incident is being discussed.
Om Prakash says, "If live videos had not come, perhaps there would not have been so much talk about this incident. Since videos of the incident are being shared on social media, people are wanting to know who was the one who died. Since the police arrested the accused within a few hours, not many questions are being raised against the police."
