Chandigarh cop among three nabbed for Mohali realtor’s murder in Pehowa

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, June 27

The Kurukshetra police have arrested a Chandigarh Police constable and his two accomplices in connection with the murder of a Mohali resident, whose body was recovered from his car near a canal at Bodhni village in Pehowa on Thursday.

The suspects have been identified as UT constable Manjeet Singh, Pradeep Kumar and Sukhpal, residents of Patiala. The deceased was identified as Sandeep Singh of Mohali. The victim was a property dealer and commission agent. He had suffered four bullet injuries.

DSP Narender Singh said, “Following a complaint received from Sandeep’s wife Kuldeep Kaur, a case was registered against Manjeet Singh and the investigation was handed over to the Anti-Narcotic Cell of the Kurukshetra police. During the investigation, Manjeet, Pradeep and Sukhpal were arrested. Manjeet said he was a constable in Chandigarh and his service record was poor due to which the authorities had stopped 18 increments. Around two years ago, Manjeet came in contact with Sandeep, who assured him that he had good contacts and would get his record improved for which Sandeep reportedly took Rs10 lakh.”

“Manjeet disclosed that Sandeep failed to get his record improved and was also not returning the money. He hatched a plan and asked Sandeep to meet him.

On June 21, Sandeep told his wife that he was going with his friend Manjeet Singh, who needed to collect some payment. He also took his personal revolver, licence, clothes and car with him. Manjeet kept Sandeep captive at a house in Devigarh in Punjab for two days and asked him to return his money. He snatched the victim’s revolver and phone. During this period, the suspect made several rounds in Pehowa and kept Sandeep’s phone with him to show Sandeep’s location in Pehowa,” he said

The DSP said Manjeet had disclosed that they were afraid that now the victim would get a kidnapping case registered against them following which they took Sandeep near the canal at Bodhni village in Pehowa and killed him on the intervening night of June 23 and 24. The suspects used Sandeep’s personal revolver to shoot him and also used his car. They left Sandeep’s body and other belongings, including the revolver and mobile, and then fled in another car. The suspects were produced before a court, which remanded Manjeet in four-day police custody and Pradeep and Sukhpal in three-day police custody.

The trigger

The suspects have been identified as UT constable Manjeet Singh, Pradeep Kumar and Sukhpal, residents of Patiala. Manjeet told the police that his service record was poor due to which the authorities had stopped 18 increments. Sandeep assured Manjeet that he had contacts and would get his record improved and took Rs10 lakh. Manjeet said Sandeep failed to get his record improved and was also not returning the money.