Middukhera murder case: 2 days on, police ‘zero in’ on two assailants

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 9

Two days after Vikramjit Singh Middukhera, a Youth Akali Dal leader, was shot dead by four assailants in Sector 71, the police have reportedly identified two of them, one who fired at the victim and another who was sitting in the car.

Meanwhile, two suspects have also been rounded up from Ropar and Kurali in connection with the stolen vehicle used in the crime.

The name of Vinay Deora, brother of gangster Lavi Deora, has also cropped up during the probe, but the police refused to confirm it.

Sources said two persons, similar in appearance to the assailants, were seen near the deceased’s house in Sector 71 early morning on the day of the crime.

Unanswered questions

• The police have not been able to figure out whether the Facebook posts, that of the Bambiha group claiming responsibility of the murder, and the retaliatory post by the Lawrence Bishnoi group of avenging the murder, were made from a mobile phone or a computer.
• The exact location from where the messages were posted remains an unsolved puzzle.
• Name of Vinay Deora, brother of gangster Lavi Deora, crops up during the preliminary investigation, but police officials involved in the case refused to confirm it.

The CCTV footage showed that one of the two assailants who fired at Middukhera held the pistol in his left hand. Sources said Vinay Deora too had been spotted by the police several times operating with his left hand.

Hours after the murder, the Davinder Bambiha gang, through a Facebook post, had claimed responsibility, but the post has now been deleted. The police have not been able to figure out whether the Facebook posts, ‘zero in’ on 2 assailants that of the Bambiha group claiming responsibility of the murder, and the retaliatory post by the Lawrence Bishnoi group of avenging the murder, were made from a mobile phone or a computer. The exact location from where the messages were posted too remains an unsolved puzzle.

However, it has been confirmed that the weapon used in the crime was a 30 bore pistol. The vehicle used in the crime was stolen and the registration number affixed on the white car was fake.

DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu said, “We are working on the case. Several suspects have been questioned. The leads are being developed.”

Mohali SSP Satinder Singh said, “We are verifying the Facebook posts, the people behind it and the locations from where they are being made. All aspects of the case are being investigated. The suspects will be arrested soon.

Gangsters Buddha, Aman to be grilled

Gangsters Sukhpreet Buddha and Aman were brought on production warrants from two different jails of Punjab for questioning in the case. They were produced before the court for police remand, said sources.