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NBWs issued against Lt Col Sandhu Mohali police name four more persons in FIR; remand of 3 accused extended

Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 31

After failing to trace Lt Col BS Sandhu (retd), the Mohali police on Saturday procured the leading businessman’s non-bailable arrest warrants (NBWs) from the court of JMIC, Kharar.Besides, the police have named four more persons in the FIR registered in the case of murder of CTU employee Abhishek Guleria. They also got a four-day extension in the remand of three persons, employees of Lt Col Sandhu’s Forest Hill Resort (FHR) at Nayagaon here, already arrested in the case.Notably, Sandhu was nominated in the case on March 27and was asked to join investigations by the Mohali police.Confirming the development, Superintendent of Police (Detective) Harbir Singh Atwal said they have procured non-bailable warrants against Sandhu. “Our teams were making rounds of his (Sandhu) residences, offices and farmhouse for the past couple of days but he has been remaining elusive. We filed an application in the court on Saturday and got his arrest warrants,” said SP Atwal.Apart from that, the police also named four more persons in the case. They are Ramesh, Ramesh Chand, Dharampal and Davinder, who are also said to be working as security guards at the FHR. “They were involved in stuffing the victim’s body in a sack. We have nominated all of them. They would be examined soon,” said the police. Meanwhile, the local police also procured an extension of four more days in the remand of the three arrested accused — Balwinder Singh, Gurwinder Singh Bains and Tarsem Lal. The police sought the extension on a plea that the accused were needed for reconstruction of the crime scene and during cross-examination of the four persons, who have been named in the case.The police have also summoned the victim’s kin to get information about his (victim’s) missing wallet. The victim, Abhishek Guleria, a resident of Burail and native of Himachal Pradesh, had gone missing on March 14. He was found dead on the Pinjore-Baddi road on March 25.