3 HELD FOR PAINTER’S MURDER AT BADHMAJRA VILLAGE
MOHALI : Police have arrested three men for the murder of a 32-year-old painter at Badhmajra village near Balongi on the night of June 27. Police have recovered a knife, a brick and a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle used in the crime by the accused, who they said had confessed to the crime. Their five accomplices are at large. The victim, Sanjay Yadav, was attacked with a knife and brick, by the men after his wife, Urmila, had objected to them urinating near their house. Inspector Amardeep Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Balongi police station said those arrested were Manoj Kumar of Balongi, Pradeep Kumar, alias Kalu, of Phase 1, Mohali, and Raj Kumar of Madanpura village. They were nabbed from near the Dara Studio Chowk in Phase 6 following a raid. They were sent to five-day police remand by a court.