Murder case: KCF ex-ultra sent to 3-day police custody

Tribune News Service

Moga, March 9

The police today registered a criminal case under Sections 302, 307, 148, 149 and 120B of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against former Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) militant Gurinder Singh Ghali, his wife Karamjit Kaur, Jagdeep Singh alias Jagga, Pal Singh, Gurjit Singh, Mandeep Singh, Ashoka and at least five other persons hailing from Bathinda district at the Kot-ise-Khan police station in Moga district, SHO Lakhwinder Singh said.

Gurinder Singh Ghali, along with his accomplices, allegedly shot dead his sister-in-law Harwinder Kaur, who along with her husband Karanjit Singh, was coming from Amritsar to appear in a local court in connection with a case filed by Ghali against them.

The SHO said Ghali was produced before a judicial court on Tuesday evening. The court sent him to three-day police custody for further investigation. “We will now interrogate the accused to find out from where he got the weapon to commit the crime,” the SHO added.

In reply to a question, the SHO said the persons who accompanied Ghali to commit the crime were yet to be arrested. “We will also ask Ghali to reveal the names of unidentified persons and addresses of the persons who helped him in the crime,” the SHO said.