Co-accused held in mechanic’s murder case

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 16

The third accused in the car mechanic’s kidnapping and murder case has been arrested.

The accused, identified as Gurdeep Singh (27) of Hoshiarpur, a driver by profession, was arrested near Attawa chowk in Sector 42 here on Sunday night.

The victim, Mohammad Ali, was kidnapped from near the grain market in Sector 39 here on April 11. The cops had later recovered his half-burnt body from Siswan in the wee hours of April 14.

The police had already arrested two of the four accused in the case, including the victim’s wife’s jilted lover Khem Singh (31), alias Shanty, who runs an orchestra group, and Jagdev (29), alias Gaggi, a DJ by profession. The fourth accused, Shanty’s brother, is absconding.