Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 28, 2020: The district police claims to have succeeded in arresting four out of the eight accused, whose name were mentioned in the FIR allegedly responsible for the murder of Congress supporter and injuring four persons including Sarpanch of village Chanarthal Khurd by opening indiscriminate firing and attacking with swords and lathis. The police also recovered a Swift Car, 32 bore Revolver and four cartridges from their possession used in the crime.
Harpal Singh SP (Investigation) said that in the last days the sons of District President SAD(B) along with their supporters in a clash over the possession of panchyat land had killed one Congress supporter and injured the Sarpanch along with four of his supporters at village Chanarthal Khurd. He said that the FIR was registered against eight persons by name and all of them had absconded. He said that during the investigation of the case, the role of Swarn Singh Chanarthal District President was also established, so he was also nominated as co-accused in the case. He said that Swarn Singh Chanarthal along with his both the sons and other accused are at large and police is conducting raids to nab them.
He said SSP Amneet Kondal has set up special teams to nab the culprits and the teams had been conducting raids at various places and succeeded in arresting four out of the eight mentioned in FIR. He said that those arrested identified as Arshdeep Singh, Kulwant Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Gurjit Singh all residents of Chanarthal Khurd and police also recovered the car and weapons used in the crime. He said that remaining culprits will be arrested soon.
It is worth mentioning that Gurbaj Singh alias Raju Sarpanch of village Chanarthal Khurd in the FIR had mentioned that Gurmukh Singh former Sarpanch of the village during his tenure got the panchyat land transfer on the name of one Bhagwant Singh resident of Bhagrana. He along with Kulwinder Singh deceased filed a writ petition in the High Court and court stayed the transfer of land. He said that today he along with other panchyat members had gone to inspect the land and in the meantime both the sons of Jathedar Swarn Singh accompanied by others came in cars and tractor armed with weapons and swords and started firing and their other companions attacked us with swords and Lathis. Kulwinder Singh and Sukhwinder Singh got fire injuries, whereas Gurinder Singh, Jagtar Singh Panch got serious injuries. He said they all were rushed to civil hospital Fatehgarh Sahib, where Kulwinder Singh former panch succumbed to injuries. All the accused fled away from the scene.