Jagraon stock trader’s murder after setting his SUV on fire: Accused brothers were “envious” of him, say police, one held

Police said that there was an old rivalry between Ramandeep and the victim Jaskirat Singh Baryar alias Jassa (26), and they had a heated argument some days ago. Jaskirat was a stock market trader and used to impart “online training” in the field through his social media platforms.

Police said Ramandeep and his brother Kuljit were “envious” of Jaskirat as he used to “flaunt his new SUV, licensed weapon and stock market earnings” on social media. “They were envious of his financial success and luxurious lifestyle. The accused had also snatched the victim’s licensed weapon which has been recovered,” police said.

Ludhiana Rural SSP Ankur Gupta said that the incident had occurred on the night of July 29 when Jaskirat was returning home in his Scorpio car. When he reached near his village, the accused intercepted him, then poured petrol on his vehicle and set it on fire. When Jaskirat jumped out of the vehicle, the accused assaulted him with iron rods. He was taken to a hospital but succumbed to injuries.

The police had registered an FIR on July 30 on the basis of the statement of victim’s father Jagdev Singh who had identified two accused.

The FIR was registered under sections 103, 190, 191(3), 324(4) of BNS at City Jagraon police station against Ramandeep, Kuljit and 5-7 unidentified persons.

SSP said that during investigation, the team traced Ramandeep and arrested him on Friday and recovered the victim’s pistol and magazine from his possession. Even the car used in the crime was also recovered.

The police have also recovered a .45 bore pistol and magazine (which belonged to the victim), a Tata Xenon Crew car, in which the accused had fled from the possession of the arrested accused. The police also seized a bottle filled with petrol from the recovered car as well as a mobile phone.

Ramandeep was produced before a local court on Friday and was remanded in three days of police custody.

Police sources, meanwhile, said that Ramandeep had put out a video on social media stating that he murdered Jaskirat as he “wished to do so for a long time.” He also said that he and his brother didn’t like that Jaskirat used to flaunt his licensed weapon and park his SUV in front of their shop. Ramandeep and his brother ran scrap dealing shop.

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