One accused held, former councillor, 5 others on the run

AMRITSAR: The local police arrested one of the six accused, involved in the murder of a constable deputed with Amritsar police, on Thursday.

The accused persons including former Congress councillor Surinder Chaudhry were booked on Tuesday. However, Chaudhry is evading arrest since then. The arrested accused has been identified as Rajnish ,35, of Putlighar locality in Amritsar. Rajnish according to the police runs a grocery store in the said locality.

Chaudhry, his son Pawan Chaudhry with their accomplices were earlier booked under attempt to murder charges. As per the incident, on June 18, Chaudhry with others had allegedly pelted bricks and stones during a land dispute, injuring two cops including constable Rajesh Kumar and constable Narendra Kumar at Putlighar in Amritsar.

Constable Rajesh Kumar had suffered serious head and chest injuries in a bid to stop the clash between the two groups. Narendra had also suffered minor injuries. An ex-servicement Rajesh was admitted to a local hospital in a critical condition. The cop was discharged twice after signs of recovery but was again admitted earlier this month. Police said that the chest injury proved fatal resulting in his death on Tuesday. The police have now booked Surinder Chaudhry and others for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The former Congress councillor allegedly was involved in a property dispute with one Karaj Singh of Kiran Colony in Putlighar. Chaudhry claimed the possession of a residential plot which Karaj stated that he bought around 20 years ago.

As per information, when Karaj started the construction work on the plot, Surinder allegedly reached there with his aides. After exchanging heated arguments, the accused started pelting stones and bricks at the opposite party. Police averred that when the patrolling team reached the spot, they were too attacked during the clash.

FORMER COUNCILLOR SURINDER CHAUDHRY WITH FIVE OTHERS HAD ALLEGEDLY HURLED BRICKS AND STONES AT POLICE TEAM ON JUNE 18