3 arrested by Kaithal police, two murder cases solved

Tribune News Service

Karnal, August 7

With the arrest of three persons, the Kaithal police claimed to have cracked two murders and two cases of demand of ransom in the district.

The police have seized a .12 bore doga gun, five cartridges and a bike, said Superintendent of Police, Kaithal, Shashank Kumar Sawan.

The SP said that after getting a tip-off, a team of the CIA erected a check point on Kasan-Jakholi link road and arrested three bike-borne youths.

They have been identified as Shubham alias Sukha, Balwinder Singh alias Bitu and Parveen alias Binni.

During interrogation, Parveen confessed that he and Shubham had shot dead Rajbir alias Bittu Rana, a resident of Kalayat, when he was returning home on a bike from his farm on July 20.

They also admitted to having killed an electricity department employee on July 27 when he was going back home after duty, the SP said.

It was also revealed that Parveen and Shubham had threatened to kill a shopkeeper of Kalayat over the phone on August 1 for not giving Rs 20 lakh extortion money. On August 2, both the accused had threatened to kill a Kalayat resident who is in building material trade.

Both the accused — after committing a crime — used to take shelter with their aide Balwinder, a resident of Kalbanu village in Patiala district. The trio was roaming around in the Kalayat area with an intention to kill two persons, but were nabbed by the CIA team.

Half a dozen criminal cases pertaining to attempt to murder, theft and loot are already registered against Parveen.