Singhu border lynching 3 accused sent to police remand 2 SITs conducting probe
Chandigarh Oct 17 PTI Three people allegedly involved in the lynching of a labourer at a farmers protest site near Singhu border were remanded to six days in police custody as the Haryana Police set up two Special Investigation Teams to probe the incidentNarain Singh a key member of the Sikhs Nihang order who was arrested on Saturday from near Amritsar besides two more Nihangs — Govindpreet Singh and Bhagwant Singh — from Fatehgarh Sahib who had surrendered before the Sonipat Police in connection with the lynching were produced before a court in Sonipat which remanded them to six days in police custodyThe police sought remand of the accused on the ground that they have to reconstruct the scene of the crime recover clothes which the accused wore at the time of incident besides interrogating them in depth about the entire incidentOne of the SITs headed by IPS officer Mayank Gupta who is Assistant Superintendent of Police Kharkhoda Sonipat will investigate the videos of the incident which were circulating on various social media platforms while the other led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sonipat Virender Singh will carry out the overall probe into the incident The victims family had earlier questioned the attackers claim that he committed sacrilege and demanded a high-level probeThe mortal remains of Lakhbir Singh were cremated at his native village in Punjabs Tarn Taran amid tight security in the presence of his family members on Saturday evening PTI SUN VSD RHL
Chandigarh Oct 17 PTI Three people allegedly involved in the lynching of a labourer at a farmers protest site near Singhu border were remanded to six days in police custody as the Haryana Police set up two Special Investigation Teams to probe the incidentNarain Singh a key member of the Sikhs Nihang order who was arrested on Saturday from near Amritsar besides two more Nihangs — Govindpreet Singh and Bhagwant Singh — from Fatehgarh Sahib who had surrendered before the Sonipat Police in connection with the lynching were produced before a court in Sonipat which remanded them to six days in police custodyThe police sought remand of the accused on the ground that they have to reconstruct the scene of the crime recover clothes which the accused wore at the time of incident besides interrogating them in depth about the entire incidentOne of the SITs headed by IPS officer Mayank Gupta who is Assistant Superintendent of Police Kharkhoda Sonipat will investigate the videos of the incident which were circulating on various social media platforms while the other led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sonipat Virender Singh will carry out the overall probe into the incident The victims family had earlier questioned the attackers claim that he committed sacrilege and demanded a high-level probeThe mortal remains of Lakhbir Singh were cremated at his native village in Punjabs Tarn Taran amid tight security in the presence of his family members on Saturday evening PTI SUN VSD RHL
