Farmer batters tentmate to death after spat in Tikri
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Farmer batters tentmate to death after spat in Tikri
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Chandigarh: A 26-year-old farmer from Punjab’s Barnala district was allegedly battered to death by a co-occupant of his tent at Tikri border of Bahadurgarh town in Jhajjar district on the night intervening Thursday and Friday following a heated exchange while drinking together. The victim has been identified as Gurpreet Singh of Dhilwan village of Tapa tehsil. Acting on the complaint of his uncle, police have registered a case against his tentmate Randhir Singh alias Satta, who is in his mid-twenties, at Sector 6 police station of Bahadurgarh and arrested him. It is learnt that on Thursday late night Gurpreet and Satta left the tent to drink at a place near pole number 141 on Bahadurgarh bypass road. The duo reportedly had an argument over some issue which soon escalated to a full-blown fight and Satta allegedly bludgeoned Gurpreet to death. When the incident came to light in the morning, police were informed and the corpse was sent for autopsy. “We sent our teams and arrested the accused, who has confessed to the murder,’’ said Jhajjar SP Rajesh Duggal. Satta was remanded to judicial custody after police claimed to have recovered the case properties from his possession.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-04-04
Coverage
Chandigarh