Dehra Dun: A security guard of the Lal Bahadur Shastri IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Academy along with his son and daughter-in-law was shot dead early on June 6 at his house in Mussoorie and police claimed to have cracked the case by arresting two persons including one of the assailants.

Four persons with country-made guns barged into the house of Kartar Singh at around 6.15 am (IST) and gunned down his son Vicky and daughter-in-law Alka while they were asleep before killing the guard, police said.

The assailants escaped on a motorcycle.

One of them, Surinder Singh, was arrested later following a manhunt, director inspector general (Crime) Anil Raturi said.

He said, on being interrogated, Surinder revealed that the murder was committed at the behest of Alka's father Kunwar Singh, who was not happy with the marriage that took place in November 2002 against his wishes.

Police also arrested Kunwar Singh from his house at Rajpur area in Dehra Dun city. Two country-made rifles used in the crime have also been recovered, Raturi said.

The manhunt for the other assailants was continuing, he said.

The gory tale had its origin in the elopement and marriage of Alka with Vicky in November 2002 against Kunwar Singh's wishes, who opposed the marriage because the boy belonged to a lower caste, Raturi said.

"It appeared that the persons, who murdered the three were family members of Kunwar Singh," Raturi said.

PTI