PO arrested in murder case

News, Punjab

Ferozepur: A proclaimed offender was today arrested in a 24 year old murder case in which eight members of two families were killed over a land dispute.

SSP Ferozepur Pritam Singh said a case was registered in connection with the killing of eight members of two families including Sukhwant Singh, his wife Piar Kaur, daughters Gurjit Kaur and Gogi and Bhupinder Singh, his wife Joginder Kaur and sons Harjinder Singh and Bhupinder Singh in which Malook alongwith two others was awarded death sentence which was later converted into life sentence by Supreme Court in 2001.