18-yr-old missing Ludhiana boy's murder cracked, 2 held

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 27

The city police today claimed to have solved the mystery of a missing youth, Tushar Kumar (18), who was reportedly went missing from his house in Kailash Nagar since December 23.

Reason behind crime

Preliminary interrogation of the accused revealed that the accused, Robin and Kinda, along with another co-accused Paramjit Kumar, alias Gopi, of Meharban village, had hatched a conspiracy to abduct Tushar Kumar, the victim, and kill him. The cause of differences between Tushar and Robin was said to be a girl who had ditched Robin and was reportedly having an affair with the victim.

Tushar had left his home on his motorcycle at around 9 pm after telling his parents that he would return home soon. However, he did not return. After waiting for more than 24 hours, his father Varinder Kumar lodged a missing report with the police and a case under Section 346 of the IPC was registered at the Jodhewal police station on December 25.

In the course of investigation, the police team learnt from Tushar’s father that his son had some issue with the latter’s friend Robin Singh, a resident of Kaneeja village, and the duo kept fighting over some differences. Varinder also suspected that Robin, along with his another friend Kulwinder Singh, alias Kinda, a resident of Kaneeja, might have abducted the victim with the intention of killing him.

Relying on the information provided by the deceased’s father, the police nominated the accused in the FIR and also added Section 364 of the IPC (kidnapping) to the case. Acting on some clues, the police arrested both accused, who were hiding on a vacant plot in the village on Sunday.

Preliminary interrogation of the accused revealed that the duo, Robin and Kinda, along with another co-accused Paramjit Kumar, alias Gopi, of Meharban village, had hatched a conspiracy to abduct Tushar and kill him. The cause of differences between Tushar and Robin was said to be a girl who had ditched Robin and was reportedly having an affair with the victim.

The accused told the police that after hatching the conspiracy to kill Tushar for teaching him a lesson for betraying his friend, they had dug up a 4-5 ft deep pit for disposing of the body.

“We called Tushar from his house on some pretext and scuffled with him after a heated exchange. All three of us overpowered the victim and strangled him with a handkerchief. Afterwards, the body was buried in a pit and we fled the spot,” they said.

On the basis of information provided by the accused, the police dug up a spot in the presence of an Executive Magistrate, and recovered the body which has been sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Later, Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC have been added to the FIR and remand of the arrested accused was being obtained from a local court for further interrogation.

Police teams had also been formed to apprehend the absconding accused, Paramjit, and raids were being conducted at his possible hideouts, the police said.

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