Mehat Pur villager arrested for murdering Shahkot man

Dilbag Singh

Mehat Pur villager arrested for murdering Shahkot man

NAKODAR 2 APRIL 

The Nakodar Sadar police have arrested a Mehat Pur villager on the charge of Murdering a Shahkot man

Station House Officer (SHO) Dilbag Singh said that the accused has been identified as Gurdev Singh son of Gahel Singh a resident of Pacharrian village under Mehat Pur police station a presently living at Gandharan village in Nakodar.

SHO said the accused murdered Amarjit Singh son of Ajmer Singh a resident Pati Akal Pur Malsian village under Shahkot police station.

Amanpreet Singh a resident of Pati Akal Pur Malsian village complained to the police that his parental uncle Amarjit Singh (47) was unmarried and was working with the accused for the last twenty years and was staying with him.

The complainant said that his uncle rarely visited Malsian village and his last visit was in November 2025. He said the accused told him that his uncle went to Malsian village on January 18 but the deceased never came to his house and the accused repletely   did not reply to his phone calls.

He said he along with some persons visited shop of the accused in Mehat Pur to inquire about his uncle and invited him to Malsian House, but he could not answer satisfactory about his uncle.

Amanpreet said he believed that the accused murder his uncle Amarjit Singh and destroyed his body somewhere.

SHO said a case under sections 103 (murder) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the BNS has been registered against the accused.

SHO said the accused has confessed his crime and told the police that he murdered Amarjit Singh on November 13 2025 and buried the body in pit near the bathroom of his house which has been recovered and sent for post mortem