Charges framed against 9 accused in Chandigarh chemist murder case

A special court in Chandigarh has framed charges against all nine accused in the murder of a medical store cashier in Sector 11. After the charges were read out in court, all the accused pleaded not guilty and decided to face trial.

The court of Special NDPS Judge Raman Goklani has ruled to conduct the trial of cases related to murder, arms supply, drug trafficking, and fake currency recovered from Tarn Taran at one place. Rejecting the demand for a separate trial, the court said that it could delay the case. Four government witnesses have been summoned for November 10, on which day all the accused will appear via video conferencing.

On the other hand, Rajinder Singh, the accused in the murder of his NRI wife Kamaldeep Kaur in the Model Town area of Ludhiana, has been sent to a two-day police remand by the court. A post-mortem report prepared by a board of three doctors revealed that the deceased had thirty sharp-edged weapon wounds on her body. The police are interrogating the accused thoroughly.

Meanwhile, Patiala Police arrested Rohit Kumar and Vinod Kumar from a car with 270 grams of heroin and drug money worth two lakh rupees. Patiala SSP Harmandeep Singh Hans stated that a case has been registered against the accused and remand is being obtained from the court to trace the drug supply chain.

Similarly, in village Dadwindi near Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district, the health and police departments in a joint operation arrested a person running a clinic without a degree and license, and seized allopathic medicines.

Earlier, Punjab Police conducted 477 raids at gangster hideouts across the state and arrested 151 individuals. Nothing has yet been proved in court.

Key developments

• Charges framed against 9 accused in Chandigarh chemist murder case by special court
• Trials for murder, drug trafficking and fake currency cases to run together
• Accused husband in Ludhiana murder case on two-day police remand
• Two arrested with heroin and drug money of two lakh by Patiala Police