Moga, September 7
From the ongoing probe into the murder case of a Moga trader, the police have found that two NRIs based in the UK and Canada were operating a gang involved in extortion in the Malwa belt.
The trader, Jatinder Kumar, was murdered on July 14.
The NRIs, Ramandeep Singh from Canada and Arshdeep Singh from the UK, had called the trader to demand a ransom of Rs 25 lakh from him. They also threatened to kill him if he failed to fulfil the demand.
After he refused to pay the money, Kumar was smurdered by two motorcycle-borne youths at his shop in Moga city.
Both NRIs have been nominated in the murder case along with four others, a senior police official said. — TNS
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