Varanasi teacher killed over parking row, three arrested | Lucknow News
Varanasi: A late-night altercation over car parking at an apartment complex in Varanasi turned fatal when a 48-year-old English teacher of a Varanasi school was bludgeoned to death with bricks and rods on Thursday.Police said the attack took place around 10:30pm at Matri Chhaya Apartment in Kabirnagar under Bhelupur police station limits in Varanasi. The accused, Adarsh Singh, son of a university professor, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, started honking on finding victim Praveen Jha’s car parked in the spot he usually parked in. Jha agreed to move his vehicle, but Singh called two of his friends and started beating Jha.Eyewitnesses said the assailants first punched and kicked Jha before hitting him on the head with bricks and rods. The apartment guard, Ram Lakhan, tried to intervene but was pushed aside. The attackers fled, leaving Jha grievously injured. He was rushed to a private hospital and later referred to BHU trauma centre, where doctors declared him dead due to severe head injuries.ACP Gaurav Kumar along with his team launched a manhunt and arrested the three accused by 3am. Liquor bottles and cigarette packets were found in their vehicle. During interrogation, Adarsh claimed he was intoxicated and did not realise the severity of his actions.Jha, remembered as a dedicated educator and coordinator at the school, lived in the apartment with his wife while his two sons worked and studied outside the city. His death left his family inconsolable. The school held a condolence meeting on Friday, with chairman Deepak Madhok demanding the strictest punishment for the culprits.Police revealed that parking space was a long-standing issue in the apartment complex, which has 20 flats but only 16 designated parking slots.DCP crime Saravanan T said that the police arrested all three accused within three hours. They were booked under section 103 (1) of BNS. The arrested persons include Adarsh Singh, Karan Gaud and Satish Patel.Prime accused holds MBA degree, works in a multinational coPolice investigation into the brutal killing of English teacher Praveen Jha has revealed that Adarsh Singh, 27, the prime accused, holds an MBA degree and is employed as chief marketing officer with a multinational company. His father is a professor at an agriculture university in Patna. Adarsh was living alone in Matri Chhaya Apartment, Varanasi, for the past six months. Residents described him as quarrelsome.The two other accused, Karan Gaud and Satish Patel, both 19, hail from Chandauli district. They are students of a govt degree college but also worked part-time with Adarsh, assisting him in personal and professional errands. Police said the trio gathered at the apartment complex on Thursday night when the altercation with Jha began.
