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Robbers murdered NRI after looting RS 8 lac in Phagwara

Sameer Kaura | July 07, 2020 12:23 PM

PHAGWARA:Some Unidentified robbers brutely murdered an old UK based NRI Hans Raj Basra(65) with sharp-edged weapoons in local Ranjit Nagar in Baba Gadhia locality Phagwara late last night.

Senior Superintendent of the Police Satinder Singh while confirming it told this correspondent here on Tuesday that the killers took away cash of Rs 8 Lac before leaving the house.

Deputy Superintendent of the Police Phagwara Paramjit Singh who rushed to the spot said that the deceased came from UK after nine years and sold a plot in Jalandhar before purchasing a plot in Phagwara recently. Balbir Kaur the ailing wife of the Victim NRI was admitted in a hospital while his Son Amandeep was sleeping in another room at the time of the incident. The Police have registered a case under section 302/34 IPC and sent the dead body to local civil hospital for post-mortem examination. The cause of murder could not be known yet.(EOM)

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