Times News Network
Ludhiana: Five days after the murder of Shimlapuri resident Jora Singh, 55, police arrested the accused from Karnal on Tuesday. The accused, who was drunk, stabbed Jora Singh to death on being stopped by him from throwing stones at a stray dog.
The arrested accused has been identified as Gurmeet Singh Rinku, a street vendor of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar, Shimlapuri. He killed Jora Singh in Shimlapuri on February 11. Police recovered the sharp-edged weapon used by the accused in the crime. He had thrown the knife in the bushes on Dhandra road.
Joint commissioner of Police, Rural, Sachin Gupta said after executing the murder, the accused fled to Karnal, Haryana and took shelter at his relative’s house. Police started tracing him and managed to arrest him on Tuesday.
The accused told the police in lockdown his family had a spat with relatives of Jora Singh. While the matter was resolved, both families nursed a grudge against each other.
The JCP said that on February 11, when Gurmeet was walking in the street, a stray dog started chasing and barking at him. To escape from the dog, he started throwing stones at it. Meanwhile, Jora Singh, who was passing by, stopped him from throwing stones at the dog. They indulged in a verbal spat and in a fit of rage, he stabbed Jora Singh with a knife. The accused confessed that he did not want to kill Jora Singh but since he was drunk, he committed the crime.
While the accused fled from the spot, Jora Singh’s son Karamjit Singh rushed him to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Shimlapuri Police lodged an FIR under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC against the accused.