Chandigarh: The bouncerturned car dealer was allegedly shot dead by his 31-year-old counter-colleague over a monetary dispute near the railway point in Dari on Saturday night, going to the police station in the industrial area, in his car and surrendered claimed to have opened a fire in “self-defense “.
The defendant is Monty, a resident of Sector 19, Chandigarh.
Police said the victim was Jasprit Singh, a resident of Parol Village, New Chandigarh, Mohali.
Recently he turned to agriculture as a profession.
He survived his wife and a seven-month old princess.
Police on the crime site near the Point Light Railway in Daria on Satijagdeep Singh, a friend of the victim, said Monty and Jasprit are friends with each other but the relationship detergants money.
He said Monty called Jasprit to come to the sector 28.
“Jasprit told me not to come but I still followed him in my car,” Jagdeep said.
Jasprit sat in the Monty car and both reached the railway point at 4:30 p.m.
Jagdeep said he was sitting in his car behind their vehicle.
“Monty fired three times in Jasprit.
Two bullets hit his chest and his back.
Jasprit fell on the road,” Alleged Jagdeep who along with other people took Jasprit to the Manimajra civil hospital, where the doctor said he died on arrival.
The body is stored in government and hospital medical colleges, sector 32, for post-mortem.
Monty fled and reached the industrial area police station.
He gave up before the police, told them if he hadn’t shot Jasprit, he would kill him.
The police verify their claims.
The police also collected CCTV snippets from the area.
The police arrested him and took him to the crime.
Then, Gurmukh Singh, DSP, East Division, also reached the place.
DSP said the initial investigation revealed Jasprit was killed because of monetary problems.
Police restore murder weapons.
Now, the police verify whether the defendant has a pistol license or it is illegal weapons.
He owe the victim of Rs 30 Lakh, said Cousin: Kulwinder Singh, the victim’s cousin, told Ti that Monty and Jasprit worked as guards in a discotheque.
Both of them then quit their jobs.
Jasprit has traveled to agriculture while Monty began dealing with sales and purchasing used cars.
Recently, Jasprit has provided more than Rs 10 lakh to Monty as an investment.
Monty must return Rs 30 Lakh, including a profit and principal’s account, to Jasprit, claiming Kulwinder, adding he has all the voice recordings of the defendant where he accepts him owes Jasprit Rs 30 Lakh.