Monetary dispute behind killing of 3 Punjabis in London
STABBING INCIDENT
LONDON: The three Punjab-origin men, who were stabbed to death in an attack in London, were killed in a row over not being paid for work, it has been claimed.
The victims of the stabbing near Seven Kings station in Ilford on Sunday night were identified as Harinder Kumar, 28, Narinder Singh, 26, and Baljit Singh, 34, the metro.co.uk said in a report. They were killed in a fight allegedly sparked by a dispute over money owed for construction work, the report added. Two Sikh men, aged 29 and 39, were arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident. Police said the fight between groups of Sikh men escalated into a fatal clash.
They had been embroiled in a fight at a wedding reception on Saturday night and the dispute may have been over unpaid building work in the area, according to the local media reports.
Scotland Yard’s specialist crime command launched a murder investigation and in its latest update said they do not believe the incident was gang or race related. “I do not believe this was gang or race-related. But, I believe there may have been an ongoing dispute between those involved. We believe the five men were involved in an altercation
the previous evening (Saturday) at Krystel Banqueting that spilled out onto the High Road,” detective chief inspector Paul Considine, who is leading the investigation, said.
The police are urging members
of the community who know what the motivation for the attack could be or anyone who may have seen the altercation at Krystel Banqueting or the incident itself to contact them with information.