7 booked for strangulating man

TNN
Ludhiana: The police booked seven miscreants for strangulating to death a man after heated arguments at Baliewal village in Koom Kalan on Wednesday.
The deceased – 42-year-old Dara Singh – worked as a lock repair mechanic.
The accused are: Sagar, Gobinda, both of Jandiala, Gurmail Singh, Baljeet Singh Bhulekha, both of Baliyewal village, and three unidentified ones.
In his police complaint, Bahadur Singh of Muhalla Himmat Nagar in Samrala, who is the younger brother of the deceased, said, “I along with Dara Singh had gone to Baliyewal village for our uncle’s funeral. Our other relatives, including Sagar and Gobinda along with their accomplices, were also there.”
The complainant said around 1.30pm Wednesday he saw all of them arguing with his elder brother. When he went there to stop them, they started beating them up.
Bahadur Singh told police that the accused assaulted his brother brutally and he lost his consciousness. The accused then ran away from the spot.
When the complainant, along with his nephew, took Dara Singh to civil hospital in Koom Kalan, the doctors declared him dead. He then informed the police.
The body was shifted to civil hospital for post-mortem and the accused booked under sections 302 (murder), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the IPC.
Police said the accused are on the run. “After the identified accused are arrested, they will be questioned about the three unidentified ones,” said a cop.
Sources in police said the accused and Dara Singh were playing cards when heated arguments ensued. “As tempers frayed, the accused caught hold of Dara Singh and strangulated him. His brother too received injuries while trying to save him.”