The police in Nabha of Patiala district have arrested a 17-year-old juvenile for allegedly killing his friend.
The police have also recovered the chopped dead body of an 18-year-old deceased that was stuffed in tandoor before being disposed of in a drain, whereas some parts of the body were buried by the accused in the plot of his uncle’s house.The deceased has been identified as Kundi Ram, 18, of Kartarpura colony on the outskirts of Nabha town. According to the police, Kundi Ram was killed on Wednesday night by the accused and the matter came to light after the mother of the deceased reached the police with a request to trace her missing son following which investigations had begun.
The police said that the accused juvenile has been taken into custody while the hunt to nab his uncle was on. The chopped dead body has been recovered by the police and taken into the possession for further proceedings including the post mortem.
The police said that the accused, while admitting his crime had claimed that his friend Kundi Ram died of drug overdose, following which he got frightened and then planned to dispose of Kundi Ram’s dead body.
“The accused in his statement claimed he did not kill his friend Kundi Ram but tried to dispose of his body by putting it inside the tandoor which was kept at the rooftop of his house. After Kundi Ram’s body did not burn properly the accused claimed he had chopped it with the help of a spade and buried half part of the body in the verandah of his uncle’s house and disposing off the remaining body parts in the nearby drain. The accused juvenile and his uncle Gursewak Singh are neighbours. We have recovered the body parts buried in the plot of Gursewak Singh who is on the run. The body parts that were disposed off in the drain have also been recovered,” said Gagandeep Singh, station house officer Nabha Sadar Police Station.
“We are investigating the matter thoroughly and checking if the accused have any crime record in the past. We are also verifying the claims of the accused juvenile that Kundi Ram died of drug overdose. The accused was pursuing Class 12 through correspondence and had gone to Mansa to stay with his widow mother who got a job in Mansa a month ago. However, he returned to his late step father’s house in Nabha to stay for a week but had committed the crime here. The case under sections of murder, common intention and criminal conspiracy has been registered against the accused,” said DSP Nabha Rajesh Chibber.
Daljeet Kaur
