Tags : chandigarh, murder, vodafone call centre
Posted: Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008 at 0453 hrs IST Mohali, September 30:
Three youth were today arrested in connection with the murder of a sales associate of Intelnet, a customer care centre of Vodafone on Saturday.
Devinder Kumar Sahota, a resident of Shivalik Avenue in Ropar was murdered by three motorcycle-borne youth while trying to resist an attempt to steal his mobile phone.
The accused have been identified as Devinder Singh alias Lala, a resident of Bassian village, Pawan Kumar alias Kala, a resident of Cholta Khurd village and Sandeep Singh of Malakpur village. Lala, allegedly stabbed Sahota five times.
The police have also recovered the dagger and a Yamaha motorcycle with a Mohali registration number, allegedly used by the youth, Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jatinder Singh Aulakh told Newsline.
Varinderpal Singh, Superintendent of Police-City, who led the police team, told Newsline that two calls were made from Sahota’s mobile by Lala, the main accused, which, led to their arrest. They also recovered Sahota’s mobile, along with another dagger, which was not used in the crime.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Lala is facing charges of cheating under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, while a case of causing hurt is pending against Kala. All the three are drug addicts, revealed Varinderpal Singh.
Sahota and Sandeep Dogra, were going back to their paying guest, after dinner at Gian Da Dhaba in the Industrial Focal Point, Phase VIII, at 9 pm.
They were intercepted by three motorcycle-borne youth near the bus stop, who made enquiries about some address and Lala took Sahota’s phone on the pretext of making a call.
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