Cops clueless in college lab technician’s murder case

The city police was yet to make any significant breakthrough in the lab technician’s murder case. Ashutosh Mahajan (35), who was deputed at SR Government College for Girls, was gunned down inside his father’s restaurant in Batala road area here by unknown armed assailants on Sunday night.

Though the police was yet to identify the shooters in the incident, a gangster allegedly associated with Lawrence Bishnoi gang had taken responsibility on social media with a handle in the name of Anmol Bishnoi.

Dr Sheetal Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police, said that police teams have been on the job and footage from the CCTV cameras have been analysed to find clues about the perpetrators of the crime.

“The armed assailants were yet to be identified. Investigation is in progress,” he said.

Two bike-borne persons had arrived at the restaurant and one of them went inside and sprinkled bullets at him leaving him critically wounded. The victim was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead. Notably, the residence of Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar is located just 200 meters from the scene of the crime.

Hours after the incident, gangster Hari Boxer of Lawrence Bishnoi gang took responsibility for the murder on the social media. In the post, they claimed that Ashu

Mahajan was an informer of the police. He leaked information about the whereabouts of their accomplice Nona Harike and was therefore taught a lesson in the form of the gruesome act.