The Tribune, February 21, 2005

Decomposed body is that of truck driver
Our Correspondent

Rewari, February 20
The recovery of the decomposed body of an unidentified person from a pump house of the JLN canal near here on Friday, has now led to the solution of the mystery behind the disappearance of truck driver Rajender Singh from Kota town of Rajasthan since February 5. ASI Om Prakash, Station House Officer of Kasaula police station in this district, identified the picture of Rajender Singh, son of Jagat Singh, a resident of Kagna village of Nawanshahr district of Punjab, from a pamphlet he had received recently. He gave a call on the telephone given in the pamphlet which brought family members of the deceased here. They identified the body immediately.

Consequently, the Kasaula police registered a case of murder and disappearance of evidence of offence under Sections 302 and 201 of the IPC. Investigations revealed that after loading his truck (RJ-20-G-3625) with PVC powder of a factory in Rajasthan on February 5, Rajender Singh, alongwith his son, Amrik Singh ( 22), who served as cleaner, proceeded towards Ludhiana (Punjab) to deliver the goods on February 7. However, some miscreants allegedly take away the loaded truck somewhere near Kotputli on the Jaipur-Delhi highway. They killed Rajender Singh and threw his body into the JLN canal, near Rewari. It could not be ascertained what happened to Amrik Singh.