Two arrested for murder of Jagraon kabaddi player

The Ludhiana (Rural) police have arrested two persons for their involvement in murder of a 25-year-old Kabaddi player Tejpal Singh. The accused have been identified as Harpreet Singh, alias Honey, of Rumi village in Jagraon and Gagandeep Singh, alias Gagana, of Kili Chahal in Moga district. Third accused Harjobanpreet Singh, brother of Honey, was still at large.

The police have seized a country-made weapon along with two cartridges from the accused. Ludhiana (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Ankur Gupta said Tejpal’s friend Parlabh Singh had an old enmity with the accused. He added that when the assailants attacked Parlabh, Tejpal intervened in the fight and in the melee, they shot dead the kabaddi player.

The SSP said Parlabh had gone to Jagraon with his wife and sister for shopping, when Honey along with his six friends stared at them. As Parlabh countered them, Honey left from the spot.

On the fateful day, the accused first attacked Parlabh, and when Tejpal tried to save his friend, Honey along with his associates brutally thrashed Tejpal and shot him dead, said the SSP. “Tejpal had no enmity with the assailants. He had tried to save his friend from the assailants, who shot him,” claimed Gupta, adding that Honey had purchased the illegal weapon used in the crime from Kota.