Three arrested for killing classmates

The Barnala police have arrested three students of Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology for murder of two of their classmates.

The Barnala police have arrested three students of Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology for murder of two of their classmates. DSP Barnala City Rupinder Sharma said, A missing report was lodged by parents of Amit Sharma,of Ludhiana,and Madhoop Kant Jha,of Bathinda,on January 4.

During investigations,it was found that the two boys had met the accused in Sangrur on January 2. They reportedly consumed drugs together.

Later,when the deceased did not give the accused their cellphones and laptops to buy more drugs,they were given coke laced with pesticide. They were then taken to a canal nearby and thrown into the water,he said.

The police narrowed down on the accused by tracing their phone calls. During interrogations,the three boys confessed to the crime. Those arrested are Gurjeet Singh,a resident of Nabha,Prithpal Singh,a resident of Mansa,and Baljinder Singh,a resident of Hamirgarh village. All the boys used to live in the college hostel.

The police,however,could not find the two bodies. Our divers were unable to locate the bodies. We will have to wait till the surface, said Sharma.

The accused wanted money for drugs,which led to the killings. The laptops and phones of the deceased were recovered from them,he added.

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