MOHALI – Twelve days after the recovery of six-year-old Mehram Sandhu’s body from a dump yard, the Mohali Police claimed to have cracked the case. They have arrested the victim’s neighbour, Tajinder Singh alias Ganju, here today.
“Ganju (26), who is a drunkard, kidnapped and killed Mehram for ransom,” claimed Paramjit Singh Gill, Inspector General of Patiala zone.
IG Gill said Ganju, who was a driver-on-call (without any regular job), allegedly strangulated the child with a piece of cloth within two hours after kidnapping him. The boy was allegedly abducted from a park located near his house in Phase IX on October 28.
After allegedly murdering the child at the garbage dump, he returned to the locality at 7.45 pm and started looking for him with others. The police said he had even visited the victim’s house. Mehram was friendly with the accused and called him ‘mamu’ (maternal uncle). Ganju’s nephew Anmol, who was also of Mehram’s age, was a good friend of the victim.
Earlier, the police had booked the victim’s father, Varinderpal Singh, who is based in Australia, grandfather Nirmal Singh, aunt Parminder Kaur and uncle Prabhjeet Singh for kidnapping and murdering Mehram. The police said the FIR against them might be quashed.
