1 more suspect arrested in six-month-old murder case

Acting swiftly on the forward and backward linkages of an assailant arrested earlier in May in connection with the murder of Jagdeep Maula, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) arrested one more assailant here on Friday.

Sources in the AGTF said here on Saturday that the second assailant has been identified as Arashdeep Singh Arash, a resident of Bath village (Tarn Taran). The sources revealed that the arrest of Arash could be possible with the help of information given by Rahul Singh who was arrested in May. Jagdeep was murdered in the month of March.

Both suspects had allegedly killed Jagdeep Singh Maula, a resident of Jarmastpur near the local Darbar Sahib, in broad daylight in March. Riding a motorcycle, the two suspects, armed with a weapon, reached the spot and shot dead Jagdeep. Both have prior criminal records and are facing charges for extortion, attempt to murder, killings, etc.