Jagraon police solves mystery behind blind murder of ITBP sepoy Satnam Singh

Ludhiaan, September 27, 2017: The Jagraon police have solved the mystery behind the blind murder of an Indo-Tibetan Boarder Police (ITBP) sepoy Satnam Singh, who was brutally killed by some unidentified persons near Akhara village few days back. The police have arrested three persons including victim’s fiancee in this regard.
The accused have been identified as victim Satnam Singh’s fiancee Rajwinder Kaur of Aalewal village in Ferozrpur district, Pardeep Singh of Bhamipura village near Jagraon and his minor accomplice in the crime. Pardeep Singh is maternal cousin of Rajwinder Kaur. The police have also recovered two sharp-edged weapons and a motorcycle used by the accused in the crime.
It is reminded here, that the police had found the dead body of the victim on the banks of Abohar Branch of Sirhind Feeder Canal between Akhara and Dalla villages on September 23 following which the police registered a murder case against unidentified persons.
Giving the details of the whole matter during a press conference today, DIG Ludhiana (IPS) Shri Gursharan Singh Sandhu and SSP Jagraon (IPS) Shri Surjit Singh informed that the victim Satnam Singh, a resident of Bhagoke village in Ferozepur district was killed by Pardeep Singh and his minor accomplice while Rajwinder Kaur was involved in hatching the conspiracy to kill Satnam Singh. The accused were traced on the basis of the phone calls made and received by the victim on the fateful day from his mobile phone and during questioning, the accused broke down and confessed their crime.
According to police, Satnam Singh got engaged to Rajwinder Kaur some time back. “But Rajwinder Kaur did not want to marry Satnam Singh because she liked her cousin Pardeep Singh and wanted to marry him. Rajwinder with the help of Pardeep even tried to break her engagement with Satnam Singh but when they failed, they decided to eliminate Satnam”, said DIG Gursharan Singh Sandhu.
“On September 23, Pardeep called Satnam Singh to Jagraon on the pretext of seeking his advice to get recruited in Indian army. Pardeep and his minor accomplice met Satnam at a juice bar in Jagraon where Pardeep made him drink juice laced with some sedatives. Following this, both the accused took Satnam Singh to an isolated place near the canal and killed him with sharp edged weapons”, informed SSP Surjit Singh.