MAN OUT ON WALK WITH WIFE KILLED IN PATIALA

21-year-old youth was killed by two persons allegedly over taking on a late-night walk with his wife in a locality of the Patiala city on Monday.

The deceased is Mithun Patel (21), a native of Bihar who lived in a rented accommodation in Factory Area while the accused were identified as Jagmohan Singh of Shankarpur village in Patiala district and Bhupinder Singh of Kurukshetra district in Haryana.

He was attacked with a liquor bottle, bricks and stones, the police said.

SHO Gurnam Singh said that the victim was rushed to Government Rajindra hospital where he died during treatment. A case was registered against the two under Section 302 (murder), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (acts done in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.