No trace of bodies as accused changing statements: Police

A week after a history-sheeter, Harvinder Singh, 35, was arrested from Gujarat in connection with a 'suspected' double murder of a lawyer and his woman companion in Phagwara, the Kapurthala police are yet to recover the bodies.

- Navrajdeep Singh

JALANDHAR:

The police, in a joint operation with the Gujarat police, had arrested Harvinder from a dhaba at Lakadia village, 52 km from Bhuj. He is the key suspect behind the kidnapping and murder of lawyer Sanjeev Kumar and his friend Anju Pal, who has been missing from Phagwara since April 19.

Phagwara's SP Rupinder Kaur said the investigation is on and the accused has been in their custody for nine days from May 2 onwards. "We are hopeful of cracking the case in a day or so. The accused keeps changing his statements and location, where he had possibly disposed of the bodies," SP said.

She added that several police have been formed to locate bodies at the spots as the accused confessed to destroying all the evidence in the case.