2 more including nephew arrested in former MLA murder case

MOGA: Moga police have arrested two more accused in the killing of former SAD MLA Malkit Singh Keetu, who was murdered on October 29 at his Bilaspur village residence. His three nephews were among the five persons booked for the murder. Two others including another nephew were arrested on November 5.
Moga SSP Surjit Singh Grewal said: "MLA's another nephew and main accused Harpreet Singh and Harpal Singh have been arrested on Wednesday from near Bilaspur.Harpreet was away to get some money and in the meantime, villagers produced Harpal Singh before the police."
"Initially, Harpal was not among the accused but when we found that the weapon used in the crime belonged to him, his name was added to the case," the SSP said.
Police was under fire for not making any arrests despite knowing whereabouts of the accused. Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal had asked ADGP (law and order) S K Sharma to probe the incident and ensure that arrests were made soon. Both Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and deputy CM Sukhbir Badal had visited the bereaved family.
Keetu had won the election from Barnala assembly constituency in 1997 and 2002 but he had lost the elections in 2007 and 2012 to Kewal Singh Dhillon of Congress.