BALLOON SELLER’S MURDER: REMAND FOR ACCUSED

MOHALI : The prime suspect arrested for the murder of a 32-year-old balloon seller on Saturday night was sent to threeday remand by a local court on Monday. Pardeep had allegedly attacked the victim, Haryanvi, with a sickle during a drunken brawl. While he was arrested the same night, two other accused, Pawan and Ranjit, are on the run. Investigators said Pardeep had revealed that Haryanvi used to deride him whenever they went to the old bus stand in Phase 8 to take bath. Co-accused Pawan is wanted in two cases of theft registered at the Phase 1 and Mataur police stations. The victim and the three accused hail from Uttar Pradesh, and were all living in the temporary hutments near the Phase 7 traffic lights.