Police arrest eighth suspect in Gate Hakima murder case

Six months after a youth was shot dead outside Gate Hakima area, the police have arrested one of the suspects in the case. He was identified as Yuvraj Singh (22) of Ganda Singh Wala area on Majitha road here. This was the eighth arrest in the case.

Among those arrested by the police earlier were Sahilpreet Singh alias Sohi, Abhi Gill, Sanju, Parasdeep Singh, Nikhil, Bholu, Raj Kumar and now Yuvraj Singh alias Sahil.

The victim Rajvir Sethi alias Veenu, a garment trader and resident of Rambagh area, was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne armed assailants. He along with his two friends, Harjit Singh and Sanju, was travelling in a car when the incident took place.

An old enmity of Harjit Singh and Sanju with the armed assailants was stated to be the reason behind the incident. Veenu along with Harjit and Sanju was going towards Gate Hakima police station side. The three youths travelling on two bikes were chasing them.

Sensing trouble, Veenu turned the car towards Gate Hakima police station. When they tried to rush inside the police station to save themselves the accused fired at them. A bullet hit Veenu who was later rushed to the hospital with the help of police. The doctors declared him dead.