One shot dead at Tarn Taran village, kin protest

One person was shot dead at Cheema Khurd village falling under Sarai Amanat Khan police station on Friday, while four persons were injured in a firing incident in border area township of Khemkaran. Both incident occurred on Friday night.

Sukhbir Singh, city DSP, said that there was a free-for-all situation between two rival groups of youths of Cheema Kalan and Cheema Khurd villages, in which besides stone pelting, there was also firing, in which one was injured seriously and died on way to the the local Civil Hospital. The deceased have been identified as Khajan Singh (46) of Cheema Khurd.

Later, the family of the deceased staged a dharna in front of the police station at Sarai Amanat Khan on Saturday and demanded the arrest of the killers. The DSP said that a case had been registered against as many as 14 persons, of whom four had been identified as Husanpreet Singh, Yadu, Bhikhi and Tutta Singh, while others are yet to be identified. The case has been registered on the statement of Varinder Singh, son of the deceased.

The Khemkaran police informed that a group of as many as 16 assailants armed with weapons attacked the house of Satnam Singh in Khemkaran on Friday night and fired indiscriminately, in which Chamkaur Singh, Arashdeep Singh, Soni and Bikram were injured while many other had a narrow escape.

The police have registered a case under Sections 109, 324 (4), 191 (3), 190 of the BNS, besides Sectoins 25 and 27 of the Arms Act. Of the 16 assailants, six have been identified as Lovepreet Singh, Prem Singh, Rakseh Kumar, Ashu, Gurbhej Singh and Harpreet Singh.