24 booked in Ajnala murder case

The Ajnala police have booked around 24 persons on charges of murder and attempt to murder and under the Arms Act in connection with the firing incident at Chamiary village that claimed the life of a person while leaving two injured here on Thursday.

Among those booked were identified as Harpreet Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Sukhdayal Singh, Kalu, Mukha and Manu, all residents of the same village. No arrest has been made so far as the accused have been on the run since the incident. A land dispute is stated to be the reason behind the firing.

An exchange of fire between two armed groups over land at Chamiary village resulted in death of a person and the other person getting injured. The deceased was identified as Jagtar Singh, a resident of Batala, and the injured as Kuldip Singh, who has been admitted to a hospital.

The complainant, Pargat Singh, told the police that at around 4pm on Wednesday, the accused entered his house by jumping over the wall and started indiscriminate firing at him. Harpreet Singh shot at his servant Jagtar Singh (37) killing him on the spot while some other accused fired in the air. He said his daughter-in-law Sachanpreet Kaur was also injured as splinters of bullets hit her. He said his pet dog was also injured by the accused.

The opposite group claimed that they were attacked by Pargat Singh in which Kuldip Singh sustained injuries.

Ravinderpal Singh, SHO, Ajnala police station and investigating officer in the case, said on Pargat Singh’s statement, the police had registered a case under Sections 302, 307, 452, 323, 429, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against the accused. He said raids were on to nab the suspects. He said the postmortem on the body would be done after identification of the victim and arrival of his family members from Batala.