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Fighter pilot stabbed to death

Solan (Himachal Pradesh): A young fighter pilot was stabbed to death allegedly by a local lawyer in a road rage case in Himachal Pradesh after an argument over parking of their cars got violent near Kasauli town.

The lawyer, Hari Dass Tanwar, was arrested and remanded to three days in police custody on Sunday while his counsel claimed that he was “falsely implicated” and was “innocent”.

A case had been registered against Mr. Tanwar by the Kasauli police for the death of Flight Lieutenant Anubhav Rao (24), Solan Additional Superintendent of Police R S Rana said.

IAF spokesman Wing Commander Mahesh Upasani described Mr. Rao’s death as “unfortunate and untimely” and said it was cooperating with the police to bring the accused to justice.

Mr. Rao, from Hisar in Haryana, who was posted at Ambala air force base, was on a weekend visit to Kasauli with two of his friends on Friday evening when they got into an argument with Mr. Tanwar at Garkhal on the town’s outskirts over the parking of their cars, Mr. Rana said.

The altercation soon got out of hand and Mr. Tanwar, who was going to his village nearby along with his wife and children, allegedly pulled out a “sharp weapon” and stabbed the young pilot, they said. -- PTI

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