Man succumbs to injuries, 6 booked on murder charge

Amritsar, January 18

The Amritsar rural police have booked six persons on the charge of murder after a man thrashed by them succumbed to his injuries at DMC, Ludhiana, on Monday. The incident occurred over a month ago at Sudhar Rajputa village falling under the Khilchian police station here.

The deceased has been identified as Manjinder Singh (36) of the same village. Lakhwinder Kaur, wife of the deceased, lodged a complaint with the police in this regard.

Those booked were identified as Navtej Masih, his brother Lovepreet Masih, Akashdeep Singh, Raju, Judge and Rohit, all residents of Sudhar Rajputa village. No arrest has been made so far.

In her statement to the police, Lakhwinder stated that on December 14, the accused were standing outside their house and Manjinder asked him not to stand in front of the gate of the house. The accused got enraged and entered into a heated duel with him.

Later, they brutally thrashed him, inflicting injuries on his head and other parts of the body. He was admitted to a hospital from where he was referred to DMC in Ludhiana.

Sub-Inspector Darshan Singh said a case under Sections 302, 323, 325, 148 and 149 of the IPC was registered against the suspects.