Second accused still at large, cops continue raids

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 17

The Chandigarh Police continued raids in Punjab to arrest the prime-accused in the Akansh Sen murder case. The police, meanwhile, questioned the other accused about the sequence of events. Sources said the accused gave the information about where the duo had slept for a few hours after the incident.

Akansh Sen (28), nephew of Chief Minister   Virbhadra Singh, was run over by a BMW car in Sector 9, on February 9.

As per the police, the accused Balraj Singh Randhawa, a resident of Sector 77, Sohana, Mohali, was allegedly driving the BMW and Harmehtab Singh Farid, a resident of Radewala Farm, Landra, Mohali, was sitting next to him when the incident took place.

Farid was arrested from outside an asharam in Haridwar on Thursday morning.

Ram Gopal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Central), said the raids were being conducted to nab the second accused. “We have some information and raids are being conducted”, he said.