SIT formed to crack teacher murder case

Rajinder Nagarkoti

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 21

While the Panchkula police have miserably failed to make any headway in the murder of the 39-year-old schoolteacher who was found murdered on the night of May 11, the police has now formed a special investigation team (SIT) to crack the case. The SIT was formed under the supervision of ACP, Kalka, Om Prakash. 

A senior Panchkula police official said the SIT was told to crack the case at the earliest. Reena, a resident of Dhakoli, whose husband Sandeep Kumar Pun is an ex-Subedar, was stabbed 25 times. On May 11 night, Reena and her younger son Punu had gone to the Sector 20 market in Panchkula. While Punu went to a shop, Reema waited in her car. When he returned, he found his mother missing. She was later found injured in an abandoned car. The  police have scanned the CCTV footage of Sector 20 burger shop from where she had gone missing, but to no avail. 

Has link with bouncer’s murder 

Pistols and 10 bullets, which were used in the murder of Amit Sharma, alias Meet, were provided by Mani Rana of Bathinda. The pistol was licensed. Sources said Mani Rana was a a friend of schoolteacher Reena, who was found murdered on May 11. 

Police also looking for gym trainer

The police are yet to trace a gym trainer, who was a regular visitor to the teacher’s residence in Dhakoli. He has been missing since the teacher’s murder. His mobile phone is switched off.

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