Two held for stabbing juice vendor to death

Tribune News Service

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Mohali, October 24

The local police arrested two persons for murdering a 20-year-old migrant, working as a juice seller, for demanding money for the cigarettes sold to them in Sector 82 here on Saturday.

The victim has been identified as Prince Kumar, a native of Bihar and presently residing at Kambala village. The suspects have been identified as Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Dhan Singh village in Bathinda district, and Rinku, a resident of Jagatpura village in Mohali.

Bhagwant Singh, SHO, Sohana police station, said the victim and his father Mukhtiar Singh sold juice and cigarettes, respectively, in Sector 82. On Saturday, the suspects came to get a matchbox and the victim’s father told them to clear their Rs500 dues first. On this, they had heated arguments following which the victim also came to support his father.

The suspects left for their workplace nearby. Later, they returned and stabbed Prince in his abdomen several times, leaving him in a pool of blood. The victim was rushed to a private hospital in Sohana where doctors declared him brought dead.

Bhagwant Singh said a case under Sections 302, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the suspects. They were arrested and produced in a court, which remanded them to three-day police custody.

Meanwhile, the victim’s body was handed over to his family members, who are natives of Chapra in Bihar and living at a rented accommodation in Kambala village for the past few years.