Friend among 8 booked for mason’s mysterious death

Ludhiana: A day after a 30-year-old mason died under mysterious circumstances, Sadar police booked eight persons for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. One of the accused, identified as Sukhwinder Singh Bunty of Dhandra village, has been arrested. He was a friend of the deceased, Monu Singh Other accused were Rakesh Kumar, Paras Sahni, Aakash, Rajan Dhudia, Gurpreet Singh and Bablu.In her statements to the police, Monu’s mother Jaspal Kaur claimed that her son had left the house with one of his friends Sukhwinder Singh Bunty on Wednesday saying that he will return in a few minutes. On Thursday morning, the residents informed her that Monu has been found dead in a vacant plot in the locality.The woman said her son was a drug addict and was undergoing treatment for addiction. Sub-inspector Harmesh Singh, investigating officer, said following the complaint, the police lodged an FIR against Sukhwinder and arrested him. Sukhwinder further revealed names of the other accused who have been booked. In his confession, Sukhwinder that they had gathered in a park on Dhandra road and injected drugs in their veins, the cop said. As Monu died, they escaped from the spot, the SI added.