Four Held For Dera Follower’s Murder

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Four held for dera follower’s murder

Rajay Deep

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, August 4

With the arrest of four persons, the Mansa police today claimed to have cracked the murder of a dera follower Lily Kumar of Alampur Mandra, Mansa.

Gamdoor Singh, alias Gora of Jhanduke village, Amrit Pal Singh, Raj Singh and Binder Singh, all belonging to village Kotdharmu, were arrested in the case.

Giving this information on the phone late this evening, SSP Mansa, Manminder Singh said the arrested persons had confessed to the crime. The police recovered a .315-bore rifle, .32-bore pistol and a 9-mm pistol from their possession. Sources said the arrested persons belonged to a Sikh militant group.

The police had earlier detained Mithu Singh, Baljeet Singh and Chhinder Singh of Alampur Mandra village for their suspected involvement in the crime. “We could not get evidence against the three suspects who were earlier detained. We will complete legal formalities to get them released from jail,” the SSP said.

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