Murder case: Ex-scribe booked for threatening witness

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 24

The UT police have registered a case against former scribe Sanjeev Mahajan, who is lodged at the Burail jail in a property grab case, for allegedly threatening a witness in a murder case registered in 2019.

According to the police, complainant Rohit Kumar, a resident of Mohali, reported that a person who introduced himself as Sanjeev Mahajan allegedly called him from a mobile phone and asked him not to depose before the court against one of the murder suspects, Vikas. Rohit, who is also a witness in the case, had recorded the phone call and shared it with the police. The police are investigating whether the suspect had made the call during a court hearing or from within the jail.

On September 4, 2019, victim Tejinder Singh, alias Malli, was shot dead while his friend was injured after four assailants opened fire on them in broad daylight at a car parking in Sector 17. Around two weeks later, the UT police had arrested three members of the Boxer gang, including gang leader Vikas, alias Boxer A case against Mahajan has been registered under Sections 195 A, 506 and 120-B of the IPC at the Sector 17 police station.