Dog breeder (22) hit by stone in Amritsar village, dies

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 7

A youngster was murdered by several persons over an old enmity in Naushehra Kalan village, which falls under the jurisdiction of Kamboh police station.

The deceased has been identified as Rajinder Singh (22).

Though the incident took palce on November 5, Rajinder succumbed to his injuries on November 6.

Following preliminary probe, the Amritsar rural police have booked Simarjit Singh, Manga Singh, Sagar Singh, Deepak, Happy, Gurpreet Singh, Bagga Singh and Vishal Singh, all residents of same village. No arrest has been made till now as all the suspects were absconding.

Gurpinder Singh, brother of the deceased, told the police that on November 5, he along his brother Rajinder and father Gurmej Singh and other relatives were standing near main gate of their house. He said Simarjit along with his accomplices reached there and started abusing. As they allegedly in drunken state, they started pelting stones and bricks on us, said Gurpinder.

A brick hit Rajinder on his head, which left him profusely bleeding. Rajinder was immediately rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital where he succumbed.

Harsimrat Kaur, SHO, Kamboh police station, said the body was handed over to the family after autopsy and raids were on to nab the suspects. She said an old enmity was stated to be the reason behind the incident.

According to information, Rajinder had ventured into dog breeding and became a competitor for the accused who were already in this trade. Earlier, too they had a quarrel. The police said they were still ascertaining the cause behind the incident.

The police have registered a case under Sections 302, 452, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC against seven suspects.

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