Chandigarh: A brawl over playing of a song on DJ during a pre-wedding party ended with the murder of a man at Bhathgaon Malyan village of Sonipat district on Monday night.
Three persons allegedly shot dead a 28-year-old man identified as Satpal Singh. Acting on the complaint of Satpal’s first cousin Ajay Singh, police booked three persons, Sachin, Harish and an unidentified friend of in a case of murder and Arms Act at Sadar police station, Sonipat.
Bhatgaon Malyan is located near New Delhi-Haryana border. On Monday, Satpal was among the persons attending the pre-wedding function being organised by one Parvinder Singh. In his police complaint, Ajay said while the party was on and guests were dancing, two groups led by Sachin and Satpal had an altercation on the issue of change of songs. Initially, both parties left but later, at around 9.30pm, they assembled again. This time, the accused allegedly shot Satpal in the chest. Seriously injured, Satpal was rushed to a hospital at Kheri Sadh village of Rohtak, where he succumbed.
His body was sent to Sonipat civil hospital. Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot to collect blood samples and search for empty shells.
SHO, Sadar police station Sunil Kumar said investigation teams have requested those present on the spot to share video clips shot by them to identify the accused.