Malerkotla man arrested for killing lover's father

Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 7

The Dehlon police claims to have solved a blind murder of a daily wager of the Forest Department identified as Sinder Singh (65), whose profusely bleeding body was found from a deserted ‘katcha’ road, near Butahri Bridge, on morning of December 23, a day after the deceased went for his routine work from his house.

The police had registered a murder case against unknown persons on the statement of Bakhshish Kaur, daughter of the deceased. The accused, now arrested has been identified as Ashraf Ali of Sikandarpura, Malerkotla, who had alleged illicit relations with the complainant. The victim was killed as he had come to know about illicit relations of the accused with his daughter and objected his frequent visits to their house.

The Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, informed that cops led by the SHO, Dehlon, Sukhjit Singh, had arrested Ashraf Ali of Malerkotla, who had been named as main accused in a blind murder case of Sinder Singh on December 23.

Though the accused had confessed killing Sinder Singh with his own axe on the fateful day, the police was yet to ascertain whether the Bakhshish Kaur was involved in the crime or not.

Investigations revealed that Ashraf Ali had deliberately prompted Sinder Singh to consume more liquor till he became inebriated and could be attacked easily. The victim’s belongings, including bicycle, axe and mobile, were thrown in canal by the accused.