Jalandhar police nab ‘serial killer’

At a press conference here, the SSP said police had prepared a computer-generated image of the ‘‘killer’’, and on a tip-off, had set a trap for him at Basti Bawa Khel from where they arrested him.

The SSP said Singh had got into trouble even during his stint in the Army. He had allegedly lobbed a hand-grenade at Major V.K. Sharma’s house in Pathankot after an altercation. The Major’s son and wife were injured in the explosion. Singh was arrested in the case and sent to judicial custody. But after a trial, he was acquitted and reinstated in the Army.

Bhullar said Singh started selling his quota of CSD liquor to migrant labourers during his Kapurthala posting. He also took to molesting girls in these colonies and was sentenced to 30 years in prison after some migrant labourers lodged a complaint. His sentence was later revised and he was released in December 2003.

Singh used to live in a rented accommodation at Model House near his in-laws home. He had managed to get the job of a security guard in a leather factory at Basti Bawa Khel showing his Army credentials.