50yearold vendor murdered in Batala

SHOCKING The incident takes place near the Kahlon petrol pump in front of dozens of eyewitnesses, but none came to rescue of victim

BATALA : A 50-year-old vendor of clothes was reportedly murdered by some unidentified persons with sharp- edged weapons on the Aliwal road here on Tuesday evening.

The incident took place near the Kahlon petrol pump here in the presence of dozens of eyewitnesses, but none of them came to the rescue of the victim.

According to information, the victim, Ashok Kumar, a resident of the Bhandari Gate area, was working as a vendor and used to sell clothes on a bicycle in nearby villages.

On Tuesday morning, he went to Aliwal to sell clothes and late in

Right now, we can’t tell anything about the cause behind the murder as accused didn’t take away cash and mobile from the victim. KULWINDER SINGH , Investigation officer

the evening, when he was coming back on his bicycle, some unidentified people, who carried sharpedged weapons, stopped him outside the Kahlon petrol pump and started assaulting him.

The accused kept on assaulting him till he fell unconscious and, after confirming that he had died, they left the spot.

After getting information, a police team rushed to the spot and took the injured to the civil hospital here, where he was declared ‘brought dead’.

Investigation officer, ASI Kulwinder Singh said that on the statement of the deceased’s son, Pankaj, the police have registered a case under Section 302 (murder) IPC against unidentified people.

“Right now, we can’t tell about the cause behind the murder as the accused didn’t take away cash and mobile from the victim. We are investigating the case from various angles and, on the basis of information provided by eyewitnesses, we are going to prepare a sketch of the accused,” he added.