Three arrested for firing at Karnal liquor contractor

Tribune News Service

Karnal, July 29

In a major breakthrough, the district police have arrested three persons in connection with the firing on liquor contractor Sanjay, alias Sanju Rana, of Muana village in Jind, on June 19 near Jaisinghpura village.

Sanjay had received three bullet injuries. Gangster Joginder Geong, brother of Surinder Geong, had taken the responsibility of this shootout. However, the police are still investigating the angle. The preliminary probe revealed business rivalry as a reason behind the shootout, said Surinder Singh Bhoria, SP.

‘Business rivalry led to incident’

Deepu and Jugnu were partners with Sanjay in the liquor business. They were demanding a liquor shop from Sanjay, but he denied, which led to enmity among them. —Surinder Singh Bhoria, SP

The accused have been identified as Deepu and Jugnu, residents of Rahra village in the Assandh block, and Amit, a resident of Kalka. The police have recovered two pistols, 11 live cartridges and an SUV used in the incident. They were produced in a court, which has sent them to seven-day police remand, the SP added.

He said the accused confessed that if the police had not arrested them, they had a plan to murder a man in Panipat.

Accused in multiple cases

Several cases of loot, theft and thrashing had been registered against the accused.

The SP said two cases of the Arms Act had been registered against Deepu in Ambala and Pundri, three cases of loot in Barwala, Babain, Jundla and a case of thrashing in Assandh police station. Similarly, Jugnu was accused in two cases of the Arms Act in Ambala and Pundri, four cases of loot in Barwala, Babain, Jundla and Chandigarh. Amit was accused in five cases of brawl in Kalka.

On the involvement of gangster Joginder Geong, the SP said the police were investigating.