Road rage, murder: Deceased’s family alleges police inaction in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 25

While alleging the police inaction in murder of a wine contractor’s employee Avtar Singh Gill, family members of the deceased appeared before the Joint Police Commissioner Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu and demanded justice.

Sandhu assured the family that impartial probe would be conducted and the suspects would be arrested soon.

Avtar’s mother Amarjit Kaur, wife Seema along with her children, urged the Joint Police Commissioner to arrest Antar Preet Kahlon, son of Sub-Inspector Tejinder Singh, who’s posted at the CIA Staff here. They family alleged the police have been sheltering the accused.

The family members alleged that they were being pressurised to strike a compromise with Kahlon.

Gill was beaten to death by Kahlon and his accomplices on June 21. The police had claimed that the incident was an outcome of a verbal dual over not giving a passage.

Gill’s brother Heera Singh was also injured in the attack. The Sultanwind police had booked around eight persons for murder and attempt to murder. However, no arrest has been made so far.

The alleged theft of the SUV in which the victim’s were travelling also raised eyebrows as family members said the police should have taken the vehicle into its custody after the incident. The family members had accused police of destroying the evidence to saving the accused.