Mohali youth’s body to be flown back home by August 7

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 5

The body of 20-year-old Simranjit Singh, who was recently shot dead at Sacramento in California, USA, will reach his residence in Sector 70 here on August 7.

Simranjit Singh was the only brother of three sisters. Today, victim’s father Ranjit Singh Bhangu reached Mohali. He was away in New Zealand to meet his daughter there.

The inconsolable father, who is a retired employee of the Punjab School Education Board, said the body of Simranjit Singh would reach on the day of Raksha Bndhan. “Simranjit Singh had gone to the USA two years ago. He was living there with his elder sister Harpinder Kaur. Now, she (Simranjit’s sister) is brining the body of her brother,” said the kin of the victim.

Notably, he was shot dead at a gas station in Sacramento on July 25. Simranjit Singh was a student in the USA and was working at the gas station. According to the kin, the cremation will take place on August 8.