Soldier’s body found in canal, cops suspect murder
TARN TARAN: A 35 year-old soldier’s body was found in a dry canal of Uppal village in Khadoor Sahib sub-division on Wednesday night.
The Tarn Taran police are claiming it to be a ‘blind murder’. According to the police, the deceased Harpreet Singh of Fatehpur Badesa village had been deployed at Leh Ladakh as a sepoy in the army and was on leave for the last few days.
Harpreet had gone to Rayya town in Amritsar on Wednesday evening for some work by his Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 car but didn’t come back home, said the cops, as per the information, from the family members.
“After waiting till late night, the victim’s kin started searching for the victim from their village to the Rayya town,” said assistant sub inspector (ASI) Lakhwinder Singh.
“The victim’s family found his car abandoned, with broken windows, at the bridge of a canal in Uppal village. Harpreet’s body was found in the dry canal,” he said.
The police reached on the spot and started the investigation.
“A case under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against unidentified person(s) and the body has been sent to Tarn Taran civil hospital for post-mortem,” said assistant sub inspector (ASI) Lakhwinder Singh.
“Preliminary investigation suggest that Harpreet was strangled to death but we are investigating into the matter,” he said.
The victim is survived by his wife, Harpreet Kaur, and two sons, Manpreet Singh (8) and Sukhchain Singh (5).