Blind murder case cracked in Sangrur, 7 accused arrested

Sangrur: Sangrur police have a traced a blind murder case reported earlier this month in the Bhawanigarh area and arrested seven accused, also busting a gang engaged in robbery and theft, with multiple stolen items and vehicles recovered. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sartaj Singh Chahal said the case related to the murder of Ramji Singh, a resident of Balad Kalan, who was guarding a borewell machine at a plot when he was allegedly killed by unidentified persons during the intervening night of April 6 and 7. Following the incident, an FIR was registered under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station Bhawanigarh against unknown persons, and an investigation was launched.To crack the case, special teams were constituted under SP (Investigation) Davinder Attri, with supervision from DSP (Detective) Daljit Singh Virk and DSP Rahul Kaushal of sub-division Bhawanigarh. The teams were led by Inspector Sandeep Singh, In-charge CIA Bahadur Singh Wala, and Inspector Malvinder Singh, SHO, Police Station Bhawanigarh. Police achieved a breakthrough on April 10, when seven accused were apprehended. The arrested individuals were identified as Asneh Pathak, Suraj Kumar, Ravinder Kumar and Monu Verma, all residents of a colony in Mandi Gobindgarh of Fatehgarh Sahib; Nitish Kumar and Munna Kumar, residents of Mandi Gobindgarh; along with one juvenile.From their possession, police recovered a canter , a motorcycle, four stolen iron pipes, a stick allegedly used in the crime, and the mobile phone of the deceased. Sections 310(3) and 317(2) of the BNS were also added to the case.During sustained interrogation, the accused reportedly confessed to their involvement in several other thefts across different districts, including the theft of iron pipes and sockets from a dairy farm in Fatehgarh Sahib, iron pipes from Sahnewal Road, iron bars (saria) from Ludhiana, and shuttering material from a canal near Dugri bypass. Police secured the remand of the accused and further interrogation was ongoing. Officials indicated that more disclosures and possible recoveries were expected in the coming days.MSID: 130237318 413 |