Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 15

Panic gripped Raipur Rasoolpur village near Pathankot Chowk in the district after a girl’s body was found abandoned near a canal this morning. The deceased in her early 20s was reportedly shot dead and then dragged along the road towards the canal as blood stains were found on the road.

There was a deep bullet injury inflicted on her forehead. Even the back of her head had a deep wound as if caused by a sharp-edged weapon. The incident was reported at around 7.30 am after some morning walkers spotted her body dumped there.

Maqsudan SHO Sub-Inspector Sukhwinder Singh said local residents informed the police control room that a woman’s body was found to be lying along the canal. Following which, a police team was sent to investigate the matter. A 7.65 mm bullet shell fired from a pistol was also recovered from the spot.

While the deceased could not be identified, her body was sent for a postmortem. The SHO further added that investigation teams had been formed to nab the accused and local residents were being approached to identify the victim. He said it was difficult to identify the victim as there was no CCTV camera installed near the site.

The SHO said, “We have got the news flashed on our social media accounts and even got her photograph posted since morning. We have also contacted all the PGs and restaurants around the area to cross-check her whereabouts. We have also contacted all orchestra groups for we are guessing a possible link owing to her dressing style.”

While this morning there were reports that the deceased was a Nepalese, police sources maintained that she probably was a Punjabi or a Punjab-born migrant for she had a bindi on her forehead. A case of murder and Arms Act has been registered against an unidentified person.

Meanwhile, a resident of Sultanpur Lodhi Road died this evening after being crushed under a speeding train was heading towards Chandigarh from near Adda Hoshiarpur railway crossing. The victim has been identified as Arun Kumar of Sultanpur Lodhi, who was serving at Kalsi Engineering Works in the city. The GRP said the body had been badly mutilated after the accident and the deceased could be identified only from the ID cards in his pocket which fell on the tracks. It still is not clear whether the victim committed suicide or met with an accident. No suicide note was found at the site. An eyewitness, however, said that the man was sitting on the track for sometime before the train arrived.