Police have arrested three of the six accused in the case and launched a search for the remaining three. A 50-year-old man was hacked to death following an altercation in Bapu Market, Daba, early on Wednesday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Jatin Sharma of Ishar Nagar, Lovish Kumar of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar and Rohit Kumar of Sukhdev Singh Nagar. The altercation began after the victim objected to them staring at him. The argument led to a scuffle, during which Paramjeet was attacked with swords.
The deceased, Paramjeet Singh, a resident of Mahinder Nagar in Daba, had gone to the market to buy milk around 5.30 am when he got into an argument with the accused, who were known to him, police said.
Amandeep Kaur’s complaint, the accused attacked Paramjeet with sharp-edged weapons during the scuffle and continued assaulting him even after he fell unconscious, according to his wife. They fled the spot after realising that he had died, she told the police. Inspector Jatinder Kumar, station house officer of Daba police station, said, “The arrested men told investigators that they had no previous enmity with Paramjeet. Police are conducting raids to arrest the three remaining accused, the SHO said.
