Chandigarh, Dec. 16 -- The chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court in Chandigarh has refused to accept the 'untraced report' filed by the UT police this year concerning Balraj Singh Randhawa, the main accused absconding in the 2017 murder case of Akansh Sen, who was the nephew of former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh's wife. The court's decision, issued on December 8, stemmed from highly contradictory reports presented by different police units.

During the hearing, the counsel for the complainant, Arun Sen (Akansh's father), presented a report from the crime branch stating that the accused, Balraj Singh Randhawa (a proclaimed offender or PO), is located in Canada and that extradition proceedings are actively being initiate...