Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 12
The death of an Army person, identified as Nishan Singh, a resident of the cantonment area here, has become a puzzle for the authorities concerned. Nishan’s body was found in his car in the Kot Khalsa area yesterday.
A postmortem examination of his body was conducted at the Government Medical College here today. A medical board comprising two doctors from the Forensic Department was constituted for the purpose.
Gurjit Singh, in charge, Kot Khalsa police chowki and investigating officer in the case, said there was no breakthrough so far. He said the police had initiated action under the Criminal Procedure Code for time being.
“Action will be taken accordingly as soon as we get the postmortem examination report,” said Gurjit.
Nishan was found dead in his car at the Kot Khalsa railway crossing yesterday. The incident came to light when the people saw the car, which remained parked near the crossing for a long time. When they asked the driver to move the car, he did not respond and was found dead.
They immediately informed the police. The deceased was later identified as Nishan Singh, a Lance Naik in the Army. He was living in the Cantonment area. The police informed the Army authorities about his death, which also reached the spot and carried out investigation.
It is suspected that Nishan may have been poisoned to death. However, the police authorities said they could not say anything at the moment as the autopsy report was awaited. Further investigation was under progress, police official added.