Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 11
Delhi Police claim to have foiled a plot to kill a faction head of a Nihang Sikh jathebandi.
The Special Cell said Malkit Singh alias Jujhar Singh and Bhupinder Singh were arrested from Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh and two pistols and 20 cartridges were seized from them.
They also intended to eliminate a-witness in a 2010 murder case in which Malkit, currently out on parole, and his mother Jasbir Kaur got life imprisonment.
“On March 6, a tip-off was received that a convict in a murder case, who is currently on parole, along with his friend, is coming from Madhya Pradesh with illegal firearms and intends to commit a crime. A raid was conducted and Malkit and Bhupinder were arrested from near Beri Wala Bagh, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, and a pistol with 16 cartridges was recovered from Malkit and a pistol with four cartridges was recovered from Bhupinder. A case under the Arms Act was registered,” the Special Cell said.
Ludhiana: Dead body of Pyara Singh of Sherpur village, who had become traceless after killing his wife and daughter five days ago, was recovered from Doraha Canal on Wednesday morning.
According to the police, Pyara Singh had killed his wife and daughter using a hammer and later jumped into the canal to end his life. However, with the recovery of his body, the possibility of the exact cause of the double murder being unravelled is almost over.
On February 12, Pyara Singh, 60, a labourer, had killed his wife Swaranjit Kaur, 53, and daughter Rajwant Kaur, 28, with a hammer, the police said. Thereafter, he reached Doraha canal and called up his nephew to inform him about his crime and said he was also going to commit suicide. Then he switched off his mobile phone.
Ludhiana: Four days after the double murder of a mother-daughter duo in Sherpur Kalan village, the body of accused Pyara Singh, 60, has not been recovered. The police believe that he committed suicide for which a deep-water search at a canal has been started. Besides, the police investigation has also found that the accused was a patient of hypertension and would easily lose his temper.
On February 12, Pyara Singh, a labourer, had hammered his wife Swaranjit Kaur, 53, and daughter Rajwant Kaur, to death. Thereafter, he reached Doraha canal, called up his nephew to inform that he was going to commit suicide and then switched off his cellphone. Nephew Gurpreet Singh rushed to Pyara’s house and found the duo in a pool of blood. While Swaranjit died on the spot, Rajwant breathed her last while undergoing treatment at a hospital. Rajwant’s marriage was scheduled on February 21.
Ludhiana: A 60-year-old factory worker allegedly killed his wife and daughter by hitting their heads with a steel hammer and is suspected to have died by