Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 5 (HBTV): The persons accused of murdering Nanakmatta Gurdwara Kar Sewa’s chief Baba Tarsem Singh on March 28 were hired for INR 10 lakh to pull the trigger, the Uttarakhand Police said on Friday.  

According to the Udham Singh Nagar police, the two assailants Sarabjeet Singh and Amarjeet Singh were paid INR 5 lakh in advance.  

‘A contract of INR 10 lakh was given to kill Baba, the sharpshooters Sarabjeet Singh and Amarjeet Singh who carried out the murder had taken INR 5 lakh in advance,’ the police said. 

Tarsem Singh was shot dead by two men on the premises of the shrine in Uttarakhand's Nanakmatta town on March 28. 

According to the police, the incident took place at around 6:15 am with two of the accused persons arriving on a motorcycle and the one riding pillion opened fire using a rifle.  

The police have arrested four people in connection with the case. 

Senior Superintendent of Police of Udham Singh Nagar, Manjunath TC, said the police have arrested four people from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, who later revealed information regarding the case.  

The four persons — Dilbagh Singh and Harminder Singh of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, and Balkar Singh and Amandeep Singh of Pilibhit — were arrested for giving shelter to the murderers, providing weapons and being involved in the conspiracy of murder. 

According to the Udham Singh Nagar police, the arrested persons had helped in the Nanakmatta incident by providing two cars. More than a dozen cases are registered against the accused persons in various states.  

Police officials said that a special investigation team formed after the murder identified the two assassins on a motorcycle after scanning CCTV camera footage. They were then identified as Sarbjeet Singh, a resident of Taran Taran and Amarjeet Singh alias Bittoo alias Ganda, a resident of Kammo in Amritsar.  

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.