Tarn Taran, October 22
The three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government and the five-member investigation panel formed by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to collect relevant information on the killing of Lakhbir Singh at the Singhu border a week ago have started working on the ground.
Collecting facts
We are collecting facts on how Lakhbir reached the Delhi border and who accompanied him. Harvinder Singh Virk, SSP
The mobile phone used by Lakhbir and those who came in his contact recently were the officials’ main points of attention. Not in the position to purchase a mobile phone, Lakhbir, a resident of Cheema Kalan village here, used to depend on his sister or other acquaintances to make calls.
SSP Harvinder Singh Virk, a member of the SIT, today said they were collecting facts on how Lakhbir reached the Delhi border and who accompanied him.
He said they were not working on the killing-related evidence as the incident took place in Haryana. “We have started working on the case and a report will be submitted after the investigation is over,” he said, refusing to divulge further details. Two of the five-member team formed by the SKM — Kanwalpreet Singh Pannu and Pargat Singh Jamarai — are also in the district to collect relevant information. Pannu said they were trying to find out as to who went to the Singhu border along with Lakhbir.
Lakhbir’s sister Raj Kaur said: “He usually used my mobile phone. It was just around seven to 10 days before his death that
he established contacts with the ‘higher-ups’. He had taken Rs 50 from me to go to nearby Chabal town by bus.” — OC
Singhu killing: SIT focuses on victim Lakhbir Singh’s contacts
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