Khanna murder case result of old enmity; Khanna police nab accused in 3 hrs

Khanna (Ludhiana), September 10, 2024: Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Khanna District Police has solved the murder case in less than three hours with the arrest of a villager, who was nursing a grudge against the victim from last six and a half years.

As per the information, body of a 54-years-old Tarlochan Singh alias DC of village Ikolaha was found lying in pool of blood on the village road at around 6pm on Monday, after some unidentified persons shot him dead, when he was returning from his field. 

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khanna Ashwini Gotyal, while addressing a press conference here, has identified the arrested accused person as Ranjeet Singh (63) of village Ikolaha in Khanna. Police teams have also recovered his licenced revolver, to commit this crime and a mobile phone, besides, impounding the scooty, she said.

She said that acting swiftly, police force from entire district was mobilised within minutes and after verifying multiple acquaintances and connecting the dots through technical analysis, the accused Ranjeet Singh was nabbed within few hours. 

The SSP said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the murder is fallout of a personal enmity between deceased Tarlochan Singh and accused Ranjeet Singh. The latter was nursing grudge against him since early 2019, when they both had a fight, which resulted in a fracture in the hand of a Ranjeet Singh, she said. 

A case FIR no. 179 dated 10/9/2024 has been registered under sections 103 (1) and 61 (2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar Khanna.