Mohali village youth dies on pilgrimage,family suspects murder

On Saturday evening,Kaur said she got a telephone call from one of Gurjant’s friends that he has suddenly fell unconscious and they were bringing him to Chandigarh. The anxious mother along with other family members immediately left towards Baba Balak Nath shrine and on way,they managed to spot a vehicle carrying Gurjant,whom they took in their vehicle and rushed to PGIMER,where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Kaur claimed that Gurjant was hail and hearty and was not suffering from any health problem,following which she could not believe that he has died a ‘natural death’.

On the other hand,Gurjant’s friends claimed that on their way back,Gurjant suffered from fits near Bilaspur and fell into a pond of water,from where they immediately rescued him and took him to a local hospital,from where the doctors referred him to PGIMER after giving him first aid.

Sohana SHO Mohinder Singh said the body had been sent to Civil Hospital for an autopsy and after establishing his cause of death,further action would be initiated. Meanwhile,the police have recorded the statements of all those friends of Gurjant,who had accompanied him to pilgrimage.