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Two Arrested in Jagraon Killing of Kabaddi Player Near SSP Office

Investigators attribute the attack to an old rivalry.

Overview

  • Police said Gagandeep Singh and Harpreet Singh, alias Honey, were taken into custody on Sunday in connection with the shooting of 25-year-old Tejpal Singh.
  • Tejpal Singh was intercepted by a group, beaten, and shot in the chest on Hari Singh Hospital Road near the Ludhiana (Rural) SSP office on Friday afternoon.
  • SSP Ankur Gupta said preliminary findings point to a personal enmity and rejected a viral social-media claim of gang involvement as fake.
  • An FIR under Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita section 101 and the Arms Act was registered as teams from the Jagraon City Police and the Crime Investigation Agency analyzed CCTV and conducted raids.
  • The victim’s family had refused cremation pending arrests, while visiting political leaders criticized the state’s law-and-order situation.