A 55-year-old tractor driver succumbed to his injuries two days after he was allegedly assaulted by three neighbours in Ghalauti village near Khanna, following a quarrel. Payal police have registered a murder case against the three accused.
Baljinder told police that the assault could be linked to an earlier quarrel between Karnail and the accused as about a week before the incident, the two sides had allegedly exchanged abuses during a quarrel on the road, following which the accused had threatened to harm Karnail. Deputy superintendent of police Payal Harmanpreet Singh Cheema said, “A case has been registered under Sections 103 (murder) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Sandeep Singh, Lali and Gaggi.”
When she went outside, she saw Lali and his brother Gaggi. She took Karnail inside and bolted the gate. Later, Karnail went to the roof and began loudly abusing someone.
Baljinder Kaur, her husband Karnail Singh returned home from work on his motorcycle around 9.30 pm on September 4, according to the FIR registered on the statement of the victim’s wife.
She said he had consumed alcohol and told her that a man was following him and standing near their house. Baljinder said she could hear voices from outside in which Karnail was also allegedly being abused.
