NRI abducted, murdered

A 76-year-old NRI from Kang Sahbu village of Nakodar, Mohinder Singh, who was abducted on Saturday evening while he was on his way to a gurdwara in his car, has been murdered with sharp-edged weapons.

UK-based NRI was living alone

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The accused threw the body in a canal in Moga, which was traced this evening by the SDRF teams from PAP here.

England-based NRI Mohinder Singh was putting up alone at his place. Two miscreants had reportedly chased him in their car at around 6.15 pm on the main road outside the village. They hit his car from behind, forcing him to stop. Threatening him at gunpoint, they pulled him out and took him away in their car.

Investigations have revealed that since the NRI was the manager of a gurdwara of his village, one of the accused had called him on phone telling him that he had been blessed with a child and wanted to give a donation at the gurdwara. The NRI was going to receive the donation when the accused intercepted and abducted him.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of SP Manpreet Singh Dhillon, DSP Nakodar Kulwinder Singh Virk, Inspector Pushap Bali (CIA Jalandhar Rural), and SHO Sadar Nakodar SI Baljinder Singh was formed to investigate the case. CCTV footages, technical analysis and witness testimonies helped the team identify the suspects, said SSP Jalandhar Rural, Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh. The car used in the crime has also been seized.

The first arrest in the case was made on Monday. Harjinder Singh alias Lali was arrested from Nakodar. He revealed to the police that the crime was committed to make a quick buck. The NRI was reportedly having a good lifestyle and had also been lending out money on interest. The police are also looking if the accused or their kin had borrowed money from the NRI in the past and had some financial dispute with him.

The second accused in the case, Manjot Singh alias Jota, was arrested on Tuesday from near Tarsikka in Amritsar. The accused had reportedly discarded Mohinder Singh’s mobile phone in a canal and disposed of their own phones elsewhere in an attempt to mislead the police.

During interrogation, the accused confessed that they chose to kill Mohinder as he had recognised Manjot by his voice despite his face being covered. They reportedly killed Mohinder with a sharp-edged weapon and threw his body into a canal on the outskirts of Moga.

The police, in coordination with the Drainage Department and SDRF teams from PAP Jalandhar, had to lower the water level of the canal to recover the body. His slipper had been found floating while the body had got trapped at a point 1.5 km further, said the police.

Both suspects will be presented in court and the police will seek remand for further investigation in the case.