Lawyer’s murder case: Involvement of gangster’s operative adds new angle to investigation

Even after the lapse of over two months, the police is yet to discover the motive behind the murder of lawyer Lakhwinder Singh who was gunned down by armed assailants in Jandiala Guru area on July 21. He had later succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on August 3.

The police have already arrested three persons, including two shooters, in the murder case. They were Lovepreet Singh of Amritsar, Manminder Singh alias Harman alias Billa, a resident of Bazigar Basti in Faridkot and Manpreet Singh alias Mani alias Kala Papa of Khalsa Nagar. The two shooters, Manminder and Manpreet, were held from Dehradun in Uttarakhand. They were believed to be the operatives of gangster Happy Jatt reported to be based abroad.

The police had claimed that the incident was an outcome of personal enmity while denying any gangster’s involvement, but the involvement of operatives of a gangster added a new angle to the police theory.

The police booked Balwinder Singh of Boparai village, Gurpreet Singh, Ajaypal Singh, Abhi and Angrej Singh following the statement of Daljit Singh, brother of the victim, who had told the police that the accused suspect that Lakhwinder Singh, who was contesting the case from their side, has been supporting the opposite group also.

In total, 11 persons were booked in the case. Others who were booked included Manbir Singh, Sandeep Singh and Rajbir Singh.

Balwinder Singh had later approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for shifting the probe to some independent agency in the case.

Police officials said that the matter was still under investigation and efforts were on to nab the remaining accused, including Abhi, who is alleged to be the prime suspect in the case.

“The police is investigating the case from different angles and vital clues have been found which cannot be disclosed at this stage as it would hamper the probe,” said the police official.

Police investigations had revealed that the conspiracy to kill Lakhwinder Singh was made at a hotel room located near the Golden Temple.