Amritsar, June 4: A day after the murder of Gurdeep Pehalwan, Congress councillor from Ward number 50, the police on Sunday booked eight persons — seven gangsters and a financier following the statement of his family members.
Those who have been booked are Karan Masti, Sonu Mota, Arun Chhurimar, Rinka, Angrej, Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, Sonu Kangla and Bobby Malhotra.
Jagmohan Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation), said Bhagwanpuria, Kangla and Malhotra were already lodged in jails while a manhunt had been launched to nab others. Family members of the Congress councillor alleged that he was killed at the behest of Bhagwanpuria, who had an old enmity with him.
They claimed that the gangster had threatened to eliminate Pehalwan before he was caught over a year ago. Pehalwan had also lodged a complaint with the Kotwali police in that connection.
The post-mortem examination revealed that the assailants pumped eight bullets into the body of the victim before escaping.
Meanwhile, Congress workers and supporters attended his cremation in large numbers. Among those present were Cabinet ministers Navjot Singh Sidhu and OP Soni, state BJP president Shwait Malik, Congress MLAs Raj Kumar Verka and Sunil Datti and district Congress president Jugal Kishore Sharma.
The incident took place at a time when DGP Suresh Arora was in the city and heavy police force had been deployed in view of the anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6.
The markets around Pehalwan’s residence remained closed on Sunday to protest the killing.
People raised slogans against the police at the cremation ground. Heavy police force was deployed at the post-mortem house, his residence and at the Durgiana temple cremation ground.
Sidhu said the Chief Minister and the Congress leadership had sympathy with the bereaved family.
Source Tribune India
