UT police clueless as list of unsolved cases grows longer

Chandigarh: At the time when the Chandigarh Police have failed to find any clue about the assailants behind the killing of national shooter Sukhmanpreet Singh Talwandi aka Sippy Sidhu, the pile of unsolved cases - especially those of heinous nature - is increasing. Take the mysterious killing of a SBI officer's wife, Santosh Kumari; the murder of 21-year-old Neha Ahlawat; sensational killings of Amarjeet Singh (the owner of Sham Mall), and that of a newly married consultant, Sameet Watts, in Mohali; besides a broad daylight robbery in Sector 22 - the list grows longer.
The investigation into the murder of Amarjeet - who was gunned down in May 2009 - was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which had also failed to find any clues, and later it filed an 'untraced' report in the court concerned. Still, there are demands for transfer of investigations to central agencies like CBI in some of the unsolved cases. The relatives of Neha Ahlawat - who was found murdered at a secluded place, near a taxi stand in Sector 37 in July 2010 - have been demanding transfer of the probe to the CBI, as the UT police has been sitting clueless on it for the past five years. The investigation is pending with the local Crime Branch.
The clueless police have already filed an 'untraced' report in the local court in connection with the murder of Santosh Kumari, who was mysteriously found murdered in August 2009 at her house in SBI Colony, Sector 42. Significantly, there is also a long list of non-violent crimes - including cyber and white collar crimes - in which the accused are still at large. Sources told ToI: "About nine cases of heinous crimes, including murders, robberies, and hacking of mail IDs were pending with the local police for the past eight years."
The unsolved cyber crimes include the hacking of mail IDs of former PGI director, Dr KK Talwar; former vice-chancellor of Panjab University, KN Pathak; and director of Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Sector 30, Dr Pawan Kapoor.
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MYSTERY REMAINS
Santosh Kumari (50): The SBI officer's wife was found murdered at her government accommodation in SBI Colony, Sector 42, on August 4, 2009.
Neha Ahlawat (21): The young MBA student was found murdered in Sector 38 on July 30, 2010. Two special investigation teams (SITs) were formed, while police reshuffled their officers in four years. The police are still groping in the dark. Relatives have demanded transfer of the investigation to CBI.
Amarjeet Singh (54): The owner of Sham Mall was gunned down by two unknown assailants near his house on May 5, 2009. Later, the probe was referred to the CBI, which also failed to trace the culprits.
Raghav Wadhwa (24): The law student disappeared from Sector 23 in the wee hours of January 5, 2011. Police lodged an FIR of abduction. Wadhwa is still missing, and there is no clue about him.
Gunpoint robbery, Sector 22: The most sensational crime reported in the recent past was when an armed youth shot two bullets at a jewellery salesman and robbed the store in broad daylight in Sector 22 on August 4, 2014. Police are still groping in the dark.