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Uttarakhand Congress MLA's son, who was earnestly injured successful an onslaught 4 days ago, had allegedly orchestrated the battle himself aft colluding with his friend, constabulary said connected Thursday (January 22, 2026).
They said the revelation came to airy aft 4 accused were arrested successful transportation with the matter.
Son of Congress MLA Tilakraj Behar, Saurabh Raj, who is besides a councillor, was attacked successful the Awas Vikas country of Rudrapur connected January 18. Three masked assailants connected a two-wheeler allegedly attacked Mr. Raj with sticks and rods, earnestly injuring him. He was admitted to the ICU for respective hours.
After getting a whiff of the development, Mr. Raj allegedly absconded and is being searched for.
Mr. Raj is simply a councillor successful the Rudrapur Municipal Corporation successful Udham Singh Nagar district.
Udham Singh Nagar territory Senior Superintendent of Police Manikant Mishra said that 4 accused — Vansha Kumar, Badshah, Deepak Singh and Saurabh's person Inder Narang, who allegedly planned the onslaught with him — person been arrested.
He said that each the accused person been booked nether charges of transgression conspiracy.
Since the attack, the constabulary were nether immense unit to apprehension the accused.
However, Mr. Mishra said that a shocking revelation came to airy connected the intervening nighttime of Wednesday (January 21) and Thursday (January 22), erstwhile police, during the investigation, apprehended 3 equipped youths connected a motorcycle without a fig sheet connected Sidkul Road.
According to police, 2 amerciable pistols, a unrecorded cartridge and a weapon were recovered from these youths. During questioning, they revealed that the onslaught connected Mr. Raj was not the effect of immoderate enmity but a conspiracy hatched by the councillor himself.
Due to a quality with his wife, Mr. Raj had asked his friend, Narang, to orchestrate an onslaught connected him to summation sympathy.
Commenting connected the matter, erstwhile Cabinet Minister Behar said that helium was profoundly shocked by his son's actions.
