2 held for killing youth

Gurugram, September 30

The Gurugram police have solved the murder case of a youth following the arrest of the two accused.

The youth was allegedly thrashed and killed on the intervening night of September 15 and 16 near Jharsa chowk. The police have recovered the mobile phone of the victim from the possession of one of the accused.

The accused have been identified as Attaullah Khan alias Totla of Bihar and Priyaanshu alias Sachin, a resident of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, and both are presently living in Gurugram as tenants.

According to the police, the victim was identified as Pankaj of Bhadaf village of Mahendragarh district in Haryana. He was residing in a rented accommodation along with his friend Ajay at Rajiv Nagar in Gurugram.

Preet Pal Singh Sangwan, ACP, Crime, said that during questioning, the accused revealed that they had killed the victim with bricks and thrashed him brutally over a minor scuffle. They had then fled the spot, leaving the critically injured victim lying on the expressway. — OC