Ludhiana: Day after poll candidate's 'suicide', kin hold protest

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 12

A day after a candidate of the Adarsh Janshakti Party, Vinod Mishra (31), in Gurmel Nagar, Daba, reportedly committed suicide at his house, kin and residents of the area held a protest outside the Daba police station, demanding registration of a murder case.

Mishra had allegedly committed suicide on Friday but the incident came to the fore on Saturday when a relative of the deceased came home and found him hanging.

Vijay Tiwari, a relative of the deceased, said Vinod was preparing to contest the upcoming Assembly elections and he could not commit suicide.

He alleged that Vinod was first murdered and then his body was hanged from the ceiling fan to create an impression that it was a suicide.

He said Vinod had enmity with some neighbours and they might have committed the murder.

“We will not cremate the body of the deceased till the registration of a murder case. We will intensify our protest in the coming days if our demands are not met,” alleged protesters.

ACP Rajan Sharma said the police would proceed in the case accordingly after the arrival of the autopsy report.

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