Faridkot rice mill owner’s murder: 6 days on, accused still on the run

FARIDKOT: Six days after a rice mill owner was shot dead in broad daylight in Jaitu town in the district, the police are still clueless about the whereabouts of the assailants and groping in the dark.

Cops have been raiding all possible hideouts of the accused in Punjab and neighbouring states, but they have so far failed to trace the accused.

A recent Facebook post by one of the accused confessing his crime has added to the embarrassment of the police.

Accused Harsimrandeep Singh Simma, in his Facebook post, claimed that he and his associate killed victim Ravinder Kochhar as the latter was a police “tout” and informed the cops about the activities of members of his gang.

POLICE YET TO

IDENTIFY CO-ACCUSED The police had identified Simma, who had allegedly fired five bullets at the victim, through CCTV footage. But they have failed to identify the second accused.

“We are zeroing on the two key members of the gang, but we are yet to identify the man who was at the driving seat of the car

used in crime. The accused belong to gangster Gurbaksh Singh Sewewala group, which is trying to revive his gang in the area,” said a senior police officer.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Nanak Singh said, “We are hopeful of tracing the accused soon. Police are fully committed to the safety of the residents in the district.”