Ex-serviceman Beant Singh, who was murdered in Moga on Thursday. file photo

Tribune News Service

Moga, November 5

Liquor baron Sunny Gill said today that the vend at Thathi Bhai village, where ex-serviceman Beant Singh was murdered on Thursday night, was not allotted to him by the Excise Department.Talking to The Tribune, he said, “The three persons who killed the ex-serviceman were not my employees. I was also not present at the scene of the crime. Then why have I been booked?”An official of the department said the liquor vend was allotted to Star Wines, a company owned by Harjinder Singh. The latter could not be contacted.The official stated that Sanjit Wines, the company owned by Gill and his family members, had signed a partnership deed with Star Wines.Meanwhile, the deceased was cremated today, even as no arrest had been made so far. Beant’s cousin Jaswant Singh, in a statement given to the police, said he was present on the spot when the goons of the liquor mafia killed the ex-serviceman.Besides Gill, those named in the FIR are Harjinder Singh, Sant Ram, Jagdeep Singh Giani and Jeet Singh.