3 Shooters Found Guilty of Killing Vicky Middukhera

Over three years after Youth Akali Dal leader Vikramjit Singh Middukhera, alias Vicky, was shot dead in Sector 71 on August 7, 2021, a local court on Friday convicted three sharpshooters of the gruesome broad daylight murder.

- Hillary Victor

MOHALI:

The court of additional district and sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sran held guilty Anil Kumar, alias Latth; Ajay Kumar, alias Lefty; and Sajjan Singh, alias Bhola, all members of the Kaushal-Bambiha gang.

The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on January 27. However, due to lack of direct evidence, the court acquitted gangsters Bhupinder Singh, alias Bhuppi Rana, Amit Dagar and Kaushal Chaudhary, who were accused of conspiring the murder. The defence argued that they were charged as conspirators but they were lodged in various jails during the crime.

Trial into the sensational murder case had begun in November 2024, with charges being framed against the six accused.

Two months later, the three sharpshooters were held guilty under Sections 302 (murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (acts done in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 25 of the Arms Act, shared public prosecutor RS Johal and advocate HS Dhanoa, the victim's counsel.