Ex-employee of Railways found brutally murdered

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 31

In a shocking incident, a retired railway employee was brutally murdered by several persons at Mahal village.

The deceased has been identified as Jagir Singh, a resident of Jabbowal village, falling under the jurisdiction of Tarsikka police station.

The police have arrested Sukhwinder Singh, alias Aman, of Mahal village while his family members were absconding. A monetary dispute was stated to be the reason behind the murder. The accused strangled Jagir to death and later chopped his body and threw it in the drain near Mahal village.

The deceased had been missing since January 21 and several parts of his body were recovered by the police on Sunday. Harwinder Singh, son of the deceased, told the police that his father had met Sukhwinder around 15 years ago, who worked as a daily wager at railway workshop.

He said his father used to financially help the accused. Harwinder said during the lockdown, Sukhwinder borrowed Rs 20,000 from his father and was not returning the same.

He said on January 21, the accused asked his father to collect money near Ganda Nullah. Harwinder said after sometime he tried to contact his father, but his mobile phone was not reachable. He said they tried to find his father, but could not trace him.

Yadwinder Singh, SHO, Kamboh police station, said on Sunday, the police detained Sukhwinder and asked about the whereabouts of Jagir. The SHO said during interrogation, the accused confessed that he along with his father Ranjit Singh, mother Jaspal Kaur and wife Amandeep Kaur, strangled Jagir and chopped his limbs with sickle. The accused said they threw deceased’s body parts in the Ganda Nullah.