Ludhiana: The police on Tuesday booked two men for stabbing to death a truck driver near Chownkimann village at Ludhiana-Jagraon highway around 10.30pm on Monday. After killing Inderjit Singh, 45, of Landeke village, Moga, the accused escaped with Rs 9 lakh he had collected after delivery of scrap in Mandi Gobindgarh. Inderjit was returning to Moga when the incident took place.
The case has been registered against Harpal Bhalla, also a truck driver and resident of Moga, and his unidentified accomplice on the statement of Inderjit’s son Pardeep Singh.
Inderjit worked with a scrap company in Moga. The matter came to light when his employer approached the Jagraon police on Tuesday morning.