Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 20
The man, accused of Kala Sanghian firing incident, has reportedly committed suicide. Amritpal Singh (32), alias Lucky, who opened fire on his brother Jaswinder Singh (38) on December 13, reportedly ended his life by jumping into the Sutlej canal in Phillaur.
He apparently took the extreme step around four days ago and his body was identified by his family members on Sunday.
As per the police, Lucky was absconding right after opening fire on his brother that accidentally hit his sister-in-law, Suminder Kaur, who had a narrow escape after it pierced through her right ear.
The incident took place at their house in Ishwar Colony on Kala Sanghian Road after a dispute over an ancestral property took an ugly turn. After seeing his wife in blood, Jaswinder Singh, alias Raja, fainted and later died of shock at a private hospital.
The brothers had a dispute over their property after their father passed away. Both of them were running a plywood factory ‘Inder and Sons Complex’ at Kala Sanghian.
SHO, police division number 5, Ravindra Singh said the suicide was reported on December 16 evening. The body of the accused was spotted near the canal by some locals. Subsequently, it was kept at the mortuary of the Civil Hospital for identification. The family members of the accused got to know about the body through Facebook.
Lucky is survived by his wife and a child. A case under Sections 304 and 307 of the IPC and Arms Act was registered against him at the police station.
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