‘Honour killing’: Two suspects land in police net, two at large

The Chabal police have arrested two suspects in a suspected case of honour killing in which Gurpreet Singh (26), son of Joginder Singh (a daily wager), a resident of Muse Kalan village, was brutally killed here on Friday.

His body was found from the spot near Panjwar Kalan village. SSP Deepak Pareek stated here on Saturday that the victim had abducted the daughter of Sahib Singh of Muse Kalan village a few days ago and then both did court marriage. The couple was living in Amritsar to avoid dire consequences.

The SSP said besides main suspect Sahib Singh, the other accused have been identified as his son Amarjit Singh, Gurjat Singh his nephew of Muse Kalan and Gurbir Singh of Bhuchar Kalan, son-in-law (husband of his elder daughter) of Sahib Singh.

The accused had been searching for Gurpreet Singh since he got married with the daughter of Sahib Singh.

Chabal police station SHO Inspector Kashmir Singh said the victim came to his village on Friday and the accused caught hold of him and murdered him. His body was found from Panjwar Kalan village on Friday.

The SHO said the accused have been booked under Sections 103 (1), 191 (3), 190 and 61 (2) of the BNS. Sahib Singh and his nephew Gurjant Singh have been arrested and the remaining are absconding. The police are conducting raids to arrest them, said SHO Kashmir Singh.