Sarpanch’s husband shot, five booked

Amritsar | Monday | 15th July, 2019

Summary:

The deceased has been identified as Sukhwinder Singh, husband of Manjinder Kaur, who is the sarpanch of the village. Gurpreet Singh and his cousin Gurbaz Singh were injured in the incident. The police have booked Balwinder Singh, Makhan Singh, Gurdev Singh, Gurjant Singh and Love, all residents of the same village, on the murder charge. Gurpreet told the police that his mother Manjinder Kaur had won the Panchayat elections after defeating the candidate supported by Balwinder. “I, along with my father Sukhwinder Singh and mother Manjinder Kaur, reached the residence of Gurbaz to sort out the matter..