Punjab sarpanch, five others booked for murder of 40-year-old man in Gurdaspur village

A 40-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death with sharp-edged weapons after being ambushed by a local Congress sarpanch and five associates in Pracha village of Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Tuesday night. The victim, identified as Bikramjit Singh, alias Bikku, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Amritsar, where he was taken for emergency treatment following the attack.

The police have registered a murder case against sarpanch Rajkaran Singh and five others in connection with the incident. The accused have been identified as Harpreet Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Malkit Singh, Manjinder Singh and Lovepreet Singh. They have been booked under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Victim was returning home when he was attacked

According to the complaint lodged by the victim's brother, Jagroop Singh, the killing was allegedly the result of a long-standing dispute between Bikramjit and the sarpanch.

Jagroop told the police that his brother was returning to their village from Fatehgarh Churian on his scooter on Tuesday night when the accused intercepted him near the village turn. The attackers had allegedly been waiting for him at the spot before launching an assault with sharp-edged weapons.

Bikramjit sustained serious injuries in the attack and was immediately taken to a hospital in Amritsar. However, he died while undergoing treatment.

Police register murder case, teams deployed to arrest accused

Maleval police post in-charge Nand Lal Bhatti said a case had been registered at the Dera Baba Nanak police station on the basis of Jagroop's statement.

The accused have been booked under Section 103 (murder), Section 191(3) (rioting while armed with a deadly weapon) and Section 190 (unlawful assembly) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Bhatti said police teams had been deployed to trace and arrest the accused, who were absconding following the incident.

Victim leaves behind wife and nine-year-old son

Bikramjit Singh worked for a private company in Delhi and had returned to his village before the incident.

He is survived by his wife, Harpreet Kaur, and their nine-year-old son, Navraj Singh.