Ludhiana March 2 The Ludhiana police claimed to have solved the murder case of a migrant. The Sahnewal police arrested two friends of the deceased on the charge of committing the crime on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Pawan Thakur of the Barota road area and Roshan Kumar of Dhillon Nagar. JCP Rural Sachin Gupta Additional DCP Jaskiranjit Singh Teja ACP Sandeep Wedehra Sahnewal SHO Balwinder Singh addressed a press meet in this regard. The JCP said on February 28 the body of the man identified as Shanty Pandey (30) of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar Shimlapuri was found near Thapar Mill at Jugiana. He was identified after a few hours. Gupta said initially it was a blind murder case but the police probe managed to identify and nab the accused in short time. As per the police the deceased and the accused were good friends. On February 26 the deceased along with the accused had gone to an isolated place in Jugiana to consume liquor during which the accused had started arguments with the deceased over some issue. In no time arguments took a ghastly turn and the accused first strangled him with a piece of cloth and also inflicted him with serious injuries with a sharp weapon. The accused left the body on the spot and fled. Since it was an isolated place none noticed it for a few days. — TNS

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