Phagwara, July 28

Solving the murder case of a Phagwara-based shopkeeper, the Kapurthala police on Wednesday arrested a youth besides seizing the crime weapon from him.

The accused has been identified as Sandeep Kumar (23) alias Babba, a resident of Bohani village in Kapurthala.

Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said last evening the Rawalpindi police had received information about the murder of Gurdeep Singh, who runs a shop Prince General Store at Adda Bohani. The SSP said a case under Section 302 of the IPC was registered on the statement of victim’s son Darshan Singh. The accused confessed to comitting the crime. — TNS