Karni Sena murder: SIT set up, protests break out in Rajasthan

Markets were shut down as thousands of supporters of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena (SRRKS) chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi held protests across Rajasthan on Wednesday against his killing the day before, upping the pressure on police to find the two gunmen.

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The Rajasthan police formed a special investigation team and director general of police (DGP) Umesh Mishra said 25 lakh will be offered for information on each of the two men who shot dead Gogamedi in his living room.

"The additional director general of police (crime) Dinesh MN will supervise the investigation of the team. We have identified both the accused who shot Gogamedi dead. Whoever will provide a fruitful lead on their locations will awarded 25 lakh for each of the two. Further investigation is underway," said Mishra.

The alleged shooters were identified as Rohit Rathore Makrana from Jaipur and Nitin Fouji, Haryana. "The two on Tuesday used a local neighbour of Gogamedi, Naveen Singh. Shekhawat, to get access at the SRRKS chief's premises but later killed him along with Gogamedi to escape the crime scene," said Yogesh Goyal, the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Jaipur south.