Youth murdered in Ajnala, 10 booked

Several armed persons hacked a youth to death in Kohali Ajnala here on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Harpreet Singh, a resident of Chhann Kohali village under the jurisdiction of Bhindi Saida police station.

The police have booked 10 persons on the charge of murder, though no arrest has been made so far.

Among those booked have been identified as Chandi of Dalla Rajputa village, Gurpal Singh and Satbir Singh of Kotli Koka village, Gandhi, alias Mehnga Singh, Satta Singh of Sarangdev village, Rajbir Singh of Bhindi Saida, Bhinder Singh, Harry Singh, Sukhpal Singh and Gopi Singh of Mandiawal village.

Kabal Singh, a relative of the deceased, told the police that they had gone to the gurdwara in Ajnala for fair, when the accused dragged Harpreet out of the gurdwara premises and attacked him with sharp-edged weapons leaving him critically injured. When he raised the alarm, people rushed to save him and the accused had no option but to run away from the scene. He said he along with Sarabjit Singh of Bhaggupur Bet village rushed him to a private hospital in Amritsar where he succumbed to his injuries.

Harchand Singh, SHO, Ajnala police station, said raids were on to arrest the accused who are absconding. An old enmity was stated to be the reason behind the incident.