Punia murder accused remanded to judicial custody

hisar: judicial magistrate jasbir hudda here, on saturday, remanded parents anboop singh and rajbiri and five other members of the family of sanjeev kumar, accused in the relu ram punia multiple murder case, to judicial custody till october 6. sanjeev, in a statement made before the haryana state vigilance bureau (hsvb) on friday, had confessed having murdered his father-in-law relu ram punia, a former legislator, and seven other members of punia's family in a farm house at litani village in this district on august 24.others remanded to judicial custody on saturday were sanjeev's brothers rajinder, ram kumar and subodh, besides satyander, devender and virender. the magistrate had accepted bail applications of the last three in his last hearing but in the absence of any surety even on saturday, they continued to be in the judicial custody. punia's daughter, who had claimed to have all alone killed her father, mother, brothers and sisters is already in judicial custody. an hsvb team, on saturday, took sonia to karnal for recovery of a pistol and cartridges. sanjeev, who had been evading arrest, was nabbed from his hideout by the hsvb sleuths earlier this week.