Bhopal: A murder accused Vijay Shrivastava kept police on toes for four hours by threatening that he will commit suicide if the cops tried to arrest him. He alleged that he was arrested recently and that he is being framed in a truck divers’ murder.
Not just this he earlier he managed to escape from clutches of Bilkhiria police when police’s ventured out with Vijay to trace out co-accused in Kolar. The standoff continued well into the afternoon. Vijay created quite a scene by climbing to the top of the multi-storey building in Ashirwad Colony, Kolar. From there he kept threatening cops in his bid to avoid arrest.
Local politicians also pitched by making appeals to the accused, in vain However, finally SP Rahul Lodha’s assurance of a fair probe into matter helped in calming down the anxious accused. SP told Vijay that police will do its bid to bail him out if he is innocent. After that he came down; and was arrested again. Bilkhiria TI Lokendra Singh Thakur said, “We are relieved that on SP’s assurance this standoff has ended.”
