Vital clues found in Makhan Singh murder case: Amritsar police

Even after a week has passed, the city police is yet to make any significant breakthrough in the Makhan Singh murder case though the cops claimed to have found vital clues in the case.

Makhan Singh was gunned down by armed assailants at the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in broad daylight here on November 18.

Soon after the incident, notorious gangsters Donny Bal, Kaushal Chaudhary and Prabh Dassuwal had taken responsibility for the murder while claiming that the deceased was a close confidant of their rival and Category-A gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria.

The police have formed around six teams for scanning the CCTV cameras near the spot and in the city to identify the perpetrators of the crime and their subsequent arrest.

Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said vital clues have been found in the case.

Makhan Singh, the assistant adda in-charge of a private transport company, was shot dead at the ISBT here on Tuesday. Makhan suffered four bullet injuries and died on the spot. The police recovered six empty bullet shells from the spot and are scanning CCTV footage to identify the assailants.

The incident stemmed from a heated dispute between employees of two private bus transport companies over picking up passengers first. Eyewitnesses told the police that while the argument was on, one of the employees, in a fit of rage, pulled out a weapon and opened fire. The assailants fled immediately after the shooting.