Main accused among four held in Phase-11 murder case
Mohali, Feb. 24 -- Mohali police have arrested four more accused, including the main assailant, in the murder of a 26-year-old youngster near Laxmi NarayanMandir in Phase 11. Earlier, 12 others, including two juveniles, were nabbed in this case.
The youngster, Gursevak Singh, was allegedly trying to stop a group from creating ruckus outside the temple, when he was stabbed.
The arrests came after a three-day operation during which police teams travelled nearly 4,000 kilometres across states to prevent the accused from fleeing to Nepal.
Police identified the arrested accused as Sandeep Kumar alias Mona, the main accused who allegedly stabbed the victim, Saurab, who was involved in the altercation with the victim, and Shravan and Keshav, who were part of the group that attacked and fled thereafter.
Senior officials privy to the development said dedicated teams tracked the movement of the accused continuously for three days. The teams coordinated through live location sharing as they moved across districts in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Acting on inputs, one team reached a railway station where they suspected one accused was attempting to escape.
At the crowded station, police spotted a man who had boarded a train without a ticket and had been de-boarded by the ticket examiner.
Finding it difficult to confirm his identity in the rush, officers called out the name "Keshav." When he turned back in response, police immediately caught him. During questioning, they gathered information about the whereabouts of the other accused.
Police then traced three accused to a village nearMoradabad in UP. Three of them were hiding there and were arrested from the village. One of them attempted to brandish a knife when police approached, but officers overpowered him. Another accused surrendered in the village. Officials said all four had planned to cross into Nepal to evade arrest.
SP Dilpreet confirmed the arrests and said further investigation is underway. Phase 11 police registered a case under Sections 109, 118(1), 77, 190 and 191(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita....
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