Blind murder case solved; three held

With the arrest of three persons, the Batala police today claimed to have solved the blind murder case of Gurbhinder Singh, alias Bhinder, a 22-year-old resident of Mehta village whose body was recovered from near Bolewal village.

The accused have been identified as Tarjinder Singh, alias Mithu, his brother-in-law Kulbir Singh, alias Sonu, and Onkar Singh, alias Happy. Batala SSP Dr Naresh Kumar Arora said the accused had called the deceased for drinking with them. 8220;Later, they strangulated him with a dupatta,8221;he said.

The SSP said the accused killed Gurbhinder, as he allegedly used to force the sister of Tarjinder Singh to have relations with him. He added that further investigations were on.