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Moga sarpanch’s son arrested for shooting two sisters dead
The two daughters of a dhaba worker from Shekha Khurd village were shot in the head and neck at point-blank range on Thursday evening
Gurvir Singh, the 30-year-old son of the Congress-backed sarpanch of Shekha Khurd in Moga district, was arrested along with the weapon and vehicle used in the crime on Friday for shooting dead two young daughters of a dhaba worker from the village. The police arrested him from the Nihal Singh Wala area.
The accused told police that the elder victim and her mother used to blackmail him for money and he was already in depression as he lost money in the fishery business.
Jagatpreet Singh, SP (D), said, “The accused has made claims of illicit relationship with the Amandeep and blackmailing during investigation. We are investigating, but initially there is no proof of these claims.”
Amandeep Kaur, 24, and Kamalpreet Kaur, 18, were shot in the head and neck at point-blank range with a .32-bore revolver at Manuke Gill village in the district on Thursday evening. Gurvir abandoned them and fled in his Maruti Alto car. Passers-by rushed the girls to the Government Medical College and Hospital at Faridkot, where they died during treatment.
Accused used to harass victims: Father
Gurmail Singh, 50, the father of the two women, alleged that Gurvir used to harass his daughters. He said he had taken up the matter with the panchayat and Gurvir was asked to mend his ways.
“Amandeep was studying in a private college at Dagro village, while Kamalpreet stayed at home. On Thursday, Amandeep went to college and took her younger sister with her. The accused forced them to accompany him in his car and killed them when they resisted,” Gurmail Singh said in his complaint.
In a release police said: “Amandeep Kaur had gone to her college to appear for the examination and also took her younger sister with her. Meanwhile, Jasvir abducted them in his car while their way back to home and took the car to the Baghapurana area. After an argument on the way, the accused fired five shots at the women, which hit them on the neck and head.”
Both women also ran a beauty parlour in the village. They have a 20-year-old sister and a 14-year-old brother.
According to police sources, though Gurvir is an engineering graduate, he helped his family in agriculture.
He was booked for murder and under the Arms Act at Nihal Singh Wala police station.
Villagers shocked; accused from influential family
Jagsir Singh, a 32-year-old resident of the village, said: “I’m shocked. I knew Gurvir and can’t believe he did this. My prayers are with the family.”
Gurvir’s father Jagdev Singh is a former sarpanch of the village, while his mother, Sukhwinder Kaur, is the present sarpanch. They owe allegiance to the Congress.
Murder a glaring example collapsing law and order: SAD
Chandigarh: The SAD on Friday said chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh had failed to control the law and order situation in the state and the glaring example of cold-blooded murder of two sisters in Moga was a result of the patronage being given to Congress goons by the state government.
In a statement, the SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said this was not the first time such an incident had occurred in the state and police department’s inability to take action against goons had emboldened them and was resulting in the frequent occurrence of such gruesome incidents.
He said the VIP treatment being given to gangsters had resulted in a spike in robberies, kidnappings, extortion and targeted killings.
