Will not allow cremation of accused in village: Locals
SUICIDE IN JAIL TOILET No one from village claims body of accused a day after he ends life
KURUKSHETRA cousin’s Morni jail refused the the During children crime Malik, on (26) in allegedly of the Thursday hills to had Sarsa three spot claim Kurukshetra interrogation, accused confessed and of : A village where Panchkula children committed his day led evening, of body the after the killing on to police district for Friday killing bodies in Jagdeep Jagdeep residents cremation. suicide district, the his to of Samar missing. in to claim “The the Sameer 21, morning (4) two villagers Jagdeep’s were days (11), found and Simran after held body decided on they a meeting November and (8) went and not not to Singh entire allow Sarsa said. village, his cremation He sarpanch claimed including Karanbir at that the the village,” the mother unanimously saying they of the do deceased took not want the decision, children, to Jagdeep’s Kurukshetra face even after superintendent his death. of said police the family (SP) members Abhishek and Garg villagers and cremate refused it. to take the body
“The body has been sent to the civil hospital mortuary and we will wait for the next 72 hours if nobody will come, the police will cremate the body,” he said.
Sources said it was found in the preliminary probe that Jagdeep committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet with his pyjamas but the police are waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of death. “An investigation by a committee of a judicial magistrate is going on the case and the reason behind the death could be ascertained after the panel report,” the SP said. Jagdeep was upset since he was sent to judicial custody after six-day police remand last month. He changed his statements several times during the police interrogation. After claiming that the children’s father Sonu Malik was behind the crime, he later said he had killed to usurp the family with Sonu being his next target.
The villagers held a meeting today and decided not to claim Jagdeep’s body and also not to allow his cremation at the village. KARANBIR SINGH, Sarsa sarpanch
JAGDEEP’S DEATH LIKELY TO HIT PROBE
The special investigation team (SIT), led by Karnal SP Jashandeep Randhawa was formed chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s orders, is still to find out whether Sonu was involved in the murder. Officers the investigating the case said Jagdeep’s death will affect the probe.
“We were planning to conduct polygraph test of Jagdeep to find out why he killed the children and whether Sonu was involved in the murder. Now, we will have to depend on other people and sources,” the Karnal SP said.
He said a police team under a deputy superintendent of olice (DSP) is working on the case and it has revisited the crime crime in the Morni hills to gather more information.
“We will also conduct lie-detection test on Sonu and Jagdeep’s wife Reena Malik and the case will be solved soon as we are waiting for response from the forensic science laboratory (FSL), Madhuban,” he said.