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Ludhiana: 3 booked for 19-year-old’s murder
A day after a 19-year-old factory worker was found bludgeoned to death at a vacant plot in Ludhiana, three men have booked for the murder
A day after a 19-year-old factory worker was found bludgeoned to death at a vacant plot on Mann Nagar, Daba Road, three men have booked for the murder.
The accused have been identified as Ajit Kumar of Daba Road, Raj Kumar of Hargobind Nagar, Giaspura, and Pakia.
The FIR has been based on the statement of Mangal Singh of Baba Mukand Singh Nagar of Daba Road, the father of the victim, identified as Anthony.
Mangal stated that the trio had on Saturday night come to their home on different bikes and taken his son along. The next morning , he was found bludgeoned to death with stones. Police had scanned CCTV footage in which the three men were seen consuming liquor with Anthony.
Sub-inspector Madhu Bala, station house officer (SHO) at Division Number 6 police station, said police conducted raids to arrest the trio, but they are on the run. “The motive for the murder case only be ascertained after they are nabbed,” said the SHO.
A case has been registered under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code.
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