35-year-old Malkit Singh, a resident of Jahangir village of Kambo police station area in Amritsar, Punjab was brutally beaten to death by his neighbour Nihang Sukhdev Singh on Wednesday. The accused used to tease the victim for his short height and called him a midget. A fight erupted between the two over the issue on the night of 28th August after which Sukhdev Singh broke into his house through the roof (or jumped over the wall as per some reports) on the morning of 29th August, murdered him and fled from there. No one was in the house at the time of the incident.
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Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lakhwinder Singh Kaler reached the scene with the police force and started an investigation as soon as he received information about the occurrence. The police registered a case of murder against Sukhdev Singh who is from the same village and have conducted raids to arrest him. Officials assured that he will be arrested soon. The victim was the only son of his parents and had two sisters. The cops took the body into custody and sent it for post-mortem. His mother Amrit Kaur revealed that the perpetrator who lives behind their home had a grudge against her son.
He entered the place at 11:30 am and beat Malkit Singh to death as he was by himself. Malkit Singh’s family discovered his lifeless body drenched in blood when they arrived home in the morning and notified the authorities. The offender was reportedly armed with a pistol and a sword when he committed the crime. He also threatened the villagers with dire consequences if they intervened.
The victim’s brother-in-law, Rajpal Singh of Majitha Road Ganda Singh unveiled that he used to frequently visit his in-laws and talked about how the assailant teased him because he was a dwarf and got abused in retaliation. They had an argument over the matter on 28th August as well. He mentioned that the culprit often indulges in hooliganism in the area and has assaulted many elderly people.
Furthermore, he issued death threats to people. Sikhdev Singh had gotten into a conflict with the family about something or other. Amrik Singh, the sarpanch of the hamlet, claimed that the duo had repeated quarrels over the matter in the past and were made to compromise many times.
