Railon murder case cracked in 4 hrs

Fatehgarh Sahib, May 30

The Bassi Pathana police today claimed to have solved the murder of Railon village resident within four hours and arrested his neighbour, who tried to pass off the crime as suicide.

Addressing mediapersons, Sukhminder Singh Chauhan, DSP, Bassi Pathana, and Manpreet Singh, SHO, said Satnam Kaur of Railon village lodged a report with the police that her husband, Amrik Singh, had committed suicide by hanging himself from a fan. The DSP said the police examined the body and found two types of sign, one of the hanging and the other “u-shaped” one, which indicated strangulation.

The police suspected that the victim’s immediate neighbour, Hari Ram, might be involved in the crime. The police grilled him and he admitted that he had murdered Amrik and hanged his body from a ceiling fan to pass it off as suicide. Hari Ram said he murdered Amrik as he kept a bad eye on his wife.

The police registered a case and arrested the killer.—OC