Youth found murdered in Panipat; 12 booked

Tribune News Service
Panipat, July 27

A-25-year-old youth of Mahabir Colony was found dead in the street near Sai Tower in Tau Devi Lal complex on Monday morning. The police have booked 12 persons, including two women, and began a probe into the matter. The deceased has been identified as Manpreet, alias Sonu, of Mahabir Colony, who was working at an AC shop.

Preetam Singh, uncle of the deceased, in his complaint to the police said he received information that Manpreet was lying in a pool of blood in the street near Sai tower on Monday at 7.15 am. He immediately reached there and saw that Manpreet was dead.

He alleged that some youths — Anil, Ashu, Vicky and Sooraj of Jagjeewan Ram Colony quarreled with his nephew on Sunday night. After that Sunny, Ajay, Golu, Prem, Deepak, Suman, Darshna, Ashok and others assaulted his nephew with lathis and rods.

The city police have booked 12 persons, including two women, under Sections 148, 149, 120B and 302 of the IPC and handed over the body to the victim’s kin after a post-mortem examination, Inspector Yogesh Kataria, SHO, City, said. The accused have not been arrested so far and the teams are trying to nab them, he added.