Three-member SIT formed to probe Abohar bizman’s murder

Even 5 days after the broad daylight killing in a busy street, the three assailants remain out of police reach

- Gaurav Sagar Bhaskar

Digging deeper into the murder of 54-year-old Abohar-based businessman Sanjay Verma, Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh on Saturday constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT).

Confirming the development, SSP Gurmeet said the SIT comprised the Abohar deputy superintendent of police (DSP), and the station house officers (SHOs) of City Abohar and Khuiyan Sarwar police stations.

“All efforts are being made to trace and arrest Shakti of Abohar’s Azimgarh area and his two accomplices who are the prime suspects in the July 7 murder,” said the SSP.

“They received ₹1.40 lakh in their account from a foreign handler as payment for executing the crime,” said the SSP, while refusing to disclose the identity of the foreign sender or the country involved.

Their three accomplices — Inderpal Bishnoi, 26, Sandeep Khichad, 28, and Pawan Khichad, 24, all residents of Kuchor village in Bikaner district — were produced before a local court and sent to four-day police remand.