The Tribune, January 6, 2004

Missing boy’s body found
Our Correspondent

Ambala, January 5
The body of a youth was found from a pond of the Municipal Council park in the city here today. The youth was identified as Pritpal, a city resident. Pritpal had been missing since last evening. His body was first noticed by some morning walkers in the park early this morning. The body was handed over to relatives of the deceased by the police after a post-mortem examination.

In a separate incident, the body of a resident of Binjalpur village was found hanging from a tree this morning. Vijay Sharma, son of the deceased, Som Nath, alleged in a complaint lodged with the police that two residents of the village had forced his father to commit suicide. The police has registered a case against two persons under Section 306 of the IPC. Vijay alleged that Som Nath had been falsely accused of stealing a trailer by Vikram Singh.