IN PHOTOS: Bandh in parts of Rajasthan to protest Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi's murder

Markets remained closed in Jaipur and some other districts of Rajasthan on Wednesday after a bandh call by the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena to protest the killing of its chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi. Pics/PTI

Updated On: 2023-12-06 07:00 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

Director General of Police Umesh Mishra have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the killing of Sukhdev Gogamedi. Pics/PTI

The SIT will be headed by Additional Director General (Crime) Dinesh MN and will probe the killing of Sukhdev Gogamedi. A cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for information leading to the arrest of the two accused was also announced

The Rajasthan Police also carried out searches to nab the two accused who allegedly killed Gogamedi for "backing" the enemies of gangster Rohit Godara -- said to be linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang -- who has taken responsibility for the murder in a Facebook post. Gogamedi was shot dead in the living room of his house on Tuesday

Markets remained closed in Jaipur, Bundi, Ajmer, Sawai Madhopur, Chittorgarh and some other districts while a mass rally was taken out in Udaipur and a demonstration was held at the collectorate circle amid heavy deployment of police

The supporters of Gogamedi had given a Jaipur bandh call and gathered in the Khatipura area in the morning from where they moved to other parts of the city asking shopkeepers to shut their establishments

There was no movement of public transport in the capital city and the services of roadways buses were also affected, officials said

Khatipura road in Jaipur was blocked while Rajput community members in large numbers were sitting outside the Metro Mass Hospital in the Mansarovar area where Gogamedi's body is kept

Similar protests took place in Jodhpur and Udaipur as well but remained peaceful. The effects of the bandh call were seen in other districts too as people refrained from venturing out

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