Within a few hours afterthe murder of Sukhmeet Singh Deputy in local Gopal Nagar area, theCommissionerate Police have got some major clues, which would be helpful incracking the case within a short time.
Commissionerate ofPolice Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that the police teams had started a thoroughprobe and collected some vital tips in the murder. He said that these cluesincluding probing an insider, his old enmity in Jail, the swift car used in thecrime, and an incident that took place in Ropar last month.
Bhullar also said thatpolice would shortly get into the bottom of the case by nabbing the accusedcommitted the crime.
The CP further addedthat the police have started probe using scientific and technical expertise tocrack the case.
Former councilorSukhmeet Singh alias Sukhmeet Deputy who was recently released from jail onparole in an infamous Mikki Kidnapping and Ransom case was shot dead in broaddaylight bysome unknown assailants at Gazi Gulla area here today.
The incident took place when the deceased was crossingGopal Nagar area near Gazi Gulla this afternoon. As per reports, nearly a dozenbullets were fired into his body. The eyewitnesses told the police that aroundfour men carrying fire weapons, who arrived in an I10 car, fired bullets onSukhmeet, who was on his motorcycle.
Apart from being a councilor, the deceased had alsoserved as former rural congress president. He was immediately rushed to aprivate hospital nearby where doctors declared him brought dead.
His name had earlier been in headlines after he wasarrested for kidnapping Mikki Nanda, son of film distributor and colonizerSubhash Nanda. He had then demanded Rs 1 crore as a ransom amount. As per thesources, the cops recovered eight bullet shells from the spot and are checkingCCTV footage to trace the accused.