Key suspect in Jagraon stock market trader murder case nabbed

The Ludhiana (rural) police claimed to have solved a murder case in which a stock market trader of Jagraon, Jaskirat Singh Jassa, was killed brutally by armed miscreants when he was returning home in Kothe Sherjang on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday night. The miscreants had also burnt his SUV on the fateful night.

Though the assailants were reported to be around seven, the police arrested the main suspect, Ramandeep Singh Raman, of Adarsh Colony, Jagraon, when he was trying to leave the region on Friday.

The police have also seized a .45 bore pistol, Tata Xenon Crew vehicle (bearing registration number PB10D Z 4168), a bottle filled with petrol and a mobile from his possession.

SSP Ankur Gupta said a joint team of police officials, supervised by DSP (D) Inderjit Singh Boparai, Jagraon DSP Jasjyot Singh and SHO (City) Varinderpal Singh, had nabbed main suspect Ramandeep Singh Raman, who, along with his other accomplice, had assaulted Jaskirat with sharp weapons when he was returning home on Tuesday night.

“Though we have received vital information about other suspects too, its disclosure at this stage may affect further progress in the case,” Gupta said and appreciated the investigating team had prevented the main suspect from fleeing the region.

The critically injured Jaskirat was rushed to a hospital where he died during the treatment.

Preliminary investigation revealed that around six bike-borne assailants carrying sharp weapons had attacked the victim, who was going in a Mahindra Scorpio to his residence at Kothe Sherjang on Tuesday night.

While circumstantial evidence suggests old enmity behind the murder, the investigating police are yet to ascertain the exact reason and sequence of events leading to the crime.

Jagdev Singh, father of the deceased, had informed the police earlier that his son had been attacked with a sharp weapon by Raman, his associate Kuljit Singh of Atam Nagar, Jagraon, and around five other persons after being dragged from his SUV on Tuesday night. The suspects had burnt the deceased’s SUV before attacking him.

The complainant said the suspects fled the scene in a SUV (PB 10 DZ 4168) when he raised the alarm.