Truck union president killed over land dispute
Hoshiarpur, July 7 -- : Amid a dispute over ownership of Mukerian truck union land, its president was killed in Mukerian on Sunday, police said.
A person, named Sunny, who also stakes claim to a portion of the land, had erected a boundary wall about two weeks ago. When the union members gathered to demolish the wall, Sunny also arrived at the spot and in a fit of anger hurled a stone at truck union president Harbhajan Singh which hit the latter in his chest. He was rushed to the civil hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Union members ran after the accused who climbed atop a shop and he got himself injured and was overpowered. The police arrived at the scene and rescued him. A murder case has been registered against him. Mukerian DSP Kulwinder Singh Virk revealed that the land in question belonged to Waqf Board which had been leased to the two factions, a majority share to the truck union. The dispute arose as demarcation had not been done, he added....
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