Veteran journalist’s murder solved, claim police; youth arrested

Updated At : 06:34 PM Oct 26, 2017 IST

Police with the accused at the press conference. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 26

An unemployed youth of Bulandshahr in UP mercilessly stabbed veteran journalist KJ Singh and strangulated his nonagenarian mother Gurcharan Kaur after a tiff with Singh over sitting suspiciously in a park close to Singh’s house on the night of the crime, police claimed on Thursday.

Mohali SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal told a press conference here that the kitchen knife used in the crime, Singh’s stolen Ford Ikon car, a mobile phone, a wrist watch and a DVR were recovered from the alleged killer, Gaurav Kumar, who is in his late 20s.

Veteran journalist’s murder solved, claim police; youth arrested

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