Ludhiana: Murder bid accused held after 8 months, weapon recovered

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 18

An accused in an attempt-to-murder case was arrested by the city police today almost eight months after he had tried to kill two youths by firing gunshots at them. The police have also recovered an illegal weapon from him.

The arrested accused has been identified as Kulwinder Singh Jassi of Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Nagar. The police recovered a country-made revolver along with one cartridge from the accused.

Additional DCP-III Sameer Verma, ACP, Civil Lines, Harish Behl and SHO, Police Division No 5, Gurpreet Singh addressed a press conference regarding the matter.

The ADCP said Kulwinder Singh had fired gunshots when he along with others had gone to take illegal possession of a house at Bisleri Wali Gali, Gurdev Nagar, on March 25 this year. Today secret information was received about the whereabouts of the accused. Accordingly a police party conducted a raid and nabbed the accused.

During questioning, the accused revealed that he had concealed the illegal weapon which he had used to fire gunshots at some park behind the Municipal Corporation Zone D office. Accordingly the police party took the accused along and recovered the weapon.

The ADCP said Kulwinder Singh had gone to take possession of the house along with Sukhwinder Kaur, her daughter Jaswinder Kaur, brother Palwinder Singh, all residents of Phullanwal, Kuldeep Singh of Phase I, Dugri, Gurbir Singh of Model Gram, Gurmeet Singh of Dhandra, and Kuldeep Singh Keepa of Silo Khurd, Dehlon.

The police had arrested all the accused booked in the case then on attempt-to-murder charges but Kulwinder, who is taxi a driver, had been evading arrest.

The ADCP said accused Sukhwinder Kaur had been given a house for taking its care by kin of the house owner and after living there for a few months she vacated the house.

“After vacating house, Sukhwinder, her daughter and others went to take its possession illegally where they indulged in a scuffle with the house owner’s kin (also complainant in the case) and later fired gunshots, which injured the complainant’s sons Simarpreet Singh and Jaskaran Singh,” ADCP Verma said.

The accused had then also left behind their two cars at the spot which were impounded by the police then.

Accused Kulwinder has a notorious past as is facing two cases, including that of attempt to murder, at the Dugri police station.

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