Head constable8217;s murder resolved

MALERKOTLA, Oct 8: The Malerkotla police have solved the mystery surrounding the quot;murderquot; of head constable Zora Singh, of vill...

MALERKOTLA, Oct 8: The Malerkotla police have solved the mystery surrounding the quot;murderquot; of head constable Zora Singh, of village Issapur, 15 km from here, who was working in the local jail in Malerkotla.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Inder Mohan Singh while talking to ENS today said that one Paramjit Singh, son of Mehar Singh, who belongs to the same village Issapur, had come to the jail on October 3 and Zora Singh had accompanied him to the village. However, on their way, they started drinking at village Bhoodan and Zora Singh became intoxicated. This gave Paramjit Singh an quot;opportunityquot; to hit the victim with a wooden stick, who died on the spot. Then the accused dumped the body of Zora Singh in the nearby well, the DSP said.

After three-four days, when Zora Singh neither attended his office in the Malerkotla jail nor reached his home in Issapur, then the police, on a complaint by his relatives, registered a case of kidnapping. However, following investigations, the police arrested Paramjit Singh of the same village who confessed to having committed the crime. A case has been registered against him.

Police blames 11-yr old: The Malerkotla police, yesterday, claimed to have solved the quot;mysteryquot; behind throwing of eggs on the Shobha Yatra taken out by the Balmikis, by arresting an 11-year old boy, Mohd. Bilal, son of Mohd. Khalil of Mohalla Loharan, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Inder Mohan Singh.

According to the police, when the procession was going through the bazaar, one artiste, who was dressed up as Hanuman touched the boy who was standing to watch the procession, with his gadda8217;. The boy became angry, bought some eggs from a nearby shop and threw these on the procession, resulting in the riots, police said.

However, one section of the Balmiki Sabha was not satisfied with this version of the police and feel that it was a fabricated story. The police could not trace the miscreants, who instigated the boy to the throw eggs, they say.

Meanwhile, Azmat Ali Khan, president of the municipal council along with other senior citizens of the community rendered an unconditional apology. Deputy Commissioner Anirudh Tiwaril, S S P Arpit Shukla, the local SDM and the DSP have succeeded in convincing Ramesh Kunmar, president of Balmiki Sabha and Mohinder Kumar Deep to resolve the issue.