Two brothers booked for murdering man

The Haibowal police have initiated a probe into a murder case in which two miscreants had allegedly killed a man after calling him on the pretext of reaching a compromise in a day-old confrontation.

The deceased was identified as Ravi (28), a tenant at a vehra near Sangam Chowk in Haibowal, and the suspects as Munish and his brother Shubham, who are also residents of the vehra.

SHO Jasvir Singh said the police had been making efforts to trace Munish and Shubham, who had allegedly attacked Ravi after calling him on the pretext of resolving an issue related to payment of rent of their rooms to the landlord of the building in which they were staying.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Shubham had a scuffle with Ravi when he had asked him for the rent of their room as desired by the owner of the building.

It was after sometime that Ravi received a call from Munish, the main suspect, who proposed to resolve the issue amicably at a place near a gurdwara.

But the suspects attacked him at the spot with sharp weapons and fled after leaving the victim in an unconscious state. Later, he succumbed to his injuries.

The police registered an FIR against the suspects on the statement of Ravi’s wife Suman and initiated a probe into the case, the SHO said.