PANCHKULA: A day after a 27-year-old resident of Baltana was brutally murdered at Majri Chowk, the Panchkula Police, on Tuesday, claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of two.
Assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Satish Kumar said, “The arrested are Ravinder Been, 30, a resident of Fatehgarh village, Jind district; and Manish, alias Chota, 21, of Kharak Mangoli, Panchkula. More arrests will be made soon. One of the accused, Johnny of Kharak Mangoli, is out on parole. He was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment. All the accused have a criminal background.”
About the murder motive, the ACP said “The accused and victim Rinku planned to form a gang to commit crimes in Panchkula. They had an altercation over who will lead the group and it led to the murder.”
The arrested will be produced before a local court on Wednesday to seek their police remand to recover the weapon and the vehicles used in the crime.
Early on Monday, about 10 to 12 men had attacked Rinku, a second-hand car dealer, with swords at Majri Chowk. His two friends, who were accompanying him, had managed to escape to Kharak Mangoli.
When the two returned after 15 minutes, they found an injured Rinku lying unconscious on the road. They called up the police, who took the victim to civil hospital, Sector 6, where he was declared brought dead.
