Chandigarh, April 22 -- A local court has rejected the untrace report filed by the UT police in an eight-year-old murder case of a rickshaw driver in Sector 21 and directed the investigating officer for further investigation of the case.

The case stems from a murder which took place eight years ago in Sector-21 market. On June 20, 2017, around 4:30 am, police received a tip-off that a man was lying unconscious near Doaba Sweets in Sector 21. Police found the blood-stained body of the deceased, who was later identified as 42-year-old Sapan. He was a native of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and used to drive a rickshaw in the city.

After the case was registered at the Sector-19 police station, the police could not find any material regarding th...