The Tribune, January 26, 2003

Criminal shot dead, relatives scoot with body
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, January 25
A most wanted and dreaded criminal, Krishan Mehndipuria, was shot dead and his relative, Anand, sustained bullet injuries when three unidentified youths fired at them near Nahri village, about 25 km from here, last evening while they were going in a car. According to preliminary reports, the assailants managed to escape in their car towards Halalpur village. The parents and relatives of the victim, however, managed to cart away Krishan’s body. The police have no clue as to where the body has been taken. They are combing the area to trace it. It is stated that Krishan and Anand were going in a car from Halalpur village to Nahri. When they reached the bus stand of Nahri, three car-borne unidentified armed youths started firing indiscriminately at them, resulting in the death of Krishan. On hearing the shots, a large number of residents of the village arrived on the scene but the alleged assailants fled in their car. The village people informed the parents of the injured youth about the ambush and two youths arrived in a car and a scooter. One of them took the injured youth on a scooter and the second one took the body of Krishan in a car.

The police have registered a case and further investigations are on. According to another report, Mr Hari Ram, a mason, was reportedly knifed to death by some unidentified persons at Gohana town, 35 km from here, yesterday. The police recovered his body from a manhole of the sewer. The police have registered a murder case and sent the body for post-mortem examination. The victim belonged to Pandana village in Jind district and he had been missing for the last two days.