The police have arrested three persons allegedly involved in shooting dead the Pradhan of Nagla Kubra, Qamar Alam at Ramnagar in Roorkee on December 20 last year.

The three hired shooters allegedly carried out the murder for an offer of Rs 10 lakh given to shoot Alam by Abid who shared an old rivalry with the victim. The police arrested Naeem and Salman for the murder and Dilshad for being involved in the crime.

Alam was shot dead by bike borne assailants outside the court in Ramnagar, Roorkee on the evening of December 20.  Addressing the media, the superintendent of police (rural) Swapn Kishore Singh said that police investigation focused on the old animosity Alam had with Kamelpur resident Abid. 

Alam's brother Muzammil was murdered in 2010 allegedly by Abid and his family members. After this, in 2012, Alam had allegedly murdered Abid's brother Farooq. The investigation after Alam’s murder revealed the involvement of Abid and his elder brother Ashiq in the murder. 

Abid had offered to pay Rs 10 lakh to Muzaffarnagar resident Wasim for killing Alam. 

Abid met Wasim while in jail in the Muzammil murder case. There are more than 30 cases against Wasim in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Wasim sent his brothers Naeem and Salman to assassinate Alam.

Abid’s relative Farhan helped the duo identify their target who was shot on December 20. The SP further informed that Abid had planned the murder while in jail. He asked notorious criminal Wasim, a native of Muzaffarnagar, to conduct the murder while the duo was in Roorkee jail.  Later, Abid started living at Dharmshala in Himachal Pradesh. About 10 minutes after Alam’s murder Abid made a video showing himself to be in Dharmshala and called the local police informing them about the murder in Roorkee in which the Haridwar police could implicate him though he was in Himachal Pradesh.