Mandi Gobindgarh man held for chopping off youth’s wrists

Karambir Singh, alias Lovely Nihang, a resident of Mandi Gobindgarh, who allegedly chopped off the wrists of Jatin Walia, a 24-year resident of Master Colony, yesterday was arrested on Tuesday.

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Addressing the media, Rakesh Yadav SP (Investigation) said during preliminary investigation, the accused said he had been putting on the attire of Nihangs for the past six months and had since been involved in extortion and had nothing to do with any Nihang sect.

He said though Karambir Singh pretended that he was acting against people taking drugs, the fact was that he himself had been consuming an intoxicant and his dope test had proved this.

Yadav said he was pretending to be a Nihang and bringing a bad name to the Nihang sect, which had also demanded strict action against him.

He added the police had got clear-cut instructions from the DGP and the SSP that whosoever took law into his hands would not be spared.