4 years on, Moga cops solve teen’s murder

Moga, June 13

Four years after a 16-year-old girl was murdered, the police today claimed to have solved the case by arresting an orchestra operator from Bathinda. The body of the victim was found dumped on the Moga-Kotkapura road near Rajeana village on July 4, 2016.

The main accused, identified as Ajay, a friend of the victim, is still absconding. He had allegedly raped the victim at a friend’s place in Bathinda. Then, he left her with an orchestra operator with whom she lived for more than six months before she was murdered.

SHO of Baghapurana police station claimed that orchestra operator Dara Singh had admitted that he along with his brother-in-law Goldy had killed the girl on the intervening night of July 2 and 3. They then approached an ambulance driver and gave him Rs 30,000 to dispose of the body. — TNS