Day after, cops visit lab techie’s office in Kharar

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 26

A day after a Sector 22 resident, working as a lab technician at the Food and Drug Administration office in Kharar, was shot at while he was returning home after paying obeisance at a gurdwara in Sector 22, the UT police visited his office to investigate if he had any enmity with anyone in his office. Amrik Singh was shot at on his right hip by an unidentified pedestrian.

Singh works in the same office where Neha Shoree, a zonal licensing authority, was shot dead on March 29, 2019. The suspect, Balwinder, had blamed the victim for the cancellation of his drug licence in 2009 and nursed a grudge against her.

A police official said though Amrik had stated that he did not have any enmity with anyone, they visited his office to speak to his colleagues.

The official said they wanted to check whether Amrik was also involved in public dealing. “His colleagues stated that Amrik didn’t have any dispute with anyone in the office. Moreover, he was not associated with public dealing,” the official added.