Chandigarh: 2 sisters among 3 held for bid on brother's life

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 15

The police arrested three suspects, including two sisters, in a case of attempt to murder their brother, a resident of Dadu Majra, and recovered a country-made pistol and an empty shell today. The suspects have been identified as Harsimrat Kaur, aka Seema, Simran, and Jaanu Malik, residents of Dadu Majra Colony.

A case under Sections 307, 323, 326, 34 and 506 of the IPC and the Arms Act had been registered at the Maloya police station on January 14. The police received a message on Thursday evening that a person, Gursewak Singh (27), was admitted to the GMSH, Sector 16, due to a gunshot injury.

The victim, a security guard, had heated arguments with his sisters, who were living in his house for past sometime and were reluctant to go to their in-laws following which they called four suspects, who attacked the victim, said the police. During the course of the investigation, Harsimrat Kaur and Simran were arrested from the market near Dadu Majra Colony on the identification of injured’s mother. Accused Jaanu Malik was arrested near the cremation ground at Dadu Majra with a country-made pistol and an empty shell used in the crime. A mobile phone was also recovered from Harsimrat Kaur. In one of the call recordings, Jaanu Malik allegedly admitted to his crime in connivance with the other accused, who are at large.

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