Chandigarh, May 10, 2013: Police have solved the murder case of Sukhraj Singh Bhagupur, Youth Congress President of the Patti assembly constituency in Tarn Taran district.
He was shot dead by some miscreants on May 8 this year, following which it had become a political issue. Even the PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa had visited the aggrieved family members of the deceased.
According to an official information, initial investigation showed that two brothers Harcharan Singh and Sukhwinder Singh, sons of Amrik Singh, both residents of village Bhagupur, had committed the murder.
Both the accused have been arrested and the weapon used in the offence, a licensed .12 bore gun belonging to Harcharan Singh, has been recovered.
Initial investigation did not show the physical involvement of their third brother Sarwan Singh, who was the Congress Block President of Patti, and who has also been named in the FIR. As such he has not been arrested by the police at this stage, the official release said. However, his role and culpability of all other persons is being examined in depth and further legal action strictly as per the facts will be taken, the release further said.
The release further said the motive behind the murder seems old enmity between the two groups. Earlier, a cross case, FIR (No.159) dated July 31, 2011 was registered against both the factions. The mother of Sarwan Singh is a Congress Sarpanch of the village, whereas Sukhraj Singh was the Block Youth Congress President. In this FIR of 2011, on one side , Sukhraj Singh (the deceased) and 7 others were booked for offences under Sections 307/341/379/148/149 IPC, whereas Sarwan Singh and 7 others were accused of offences under Sections 452/324/506/323/427/148/149 IPC. The case is under investigation.
Further, the release said in view of the forthcoming Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections, licensed arms are being got deposited. In district Tarn Taran, out of 12014 licensed arms, 6304 had already been deposited and the process is continuing. Announcements are being made in the villages and arms holders are coming to the police stations/arms dealers to deposit their weapons. Deceased Sukhraj Singh and his father Daljit Singh had two licensed weapons, out of which only one was deposited by them on May 6 this year and the other is still with the family.
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Date:
Friday, May 10, 2013