Mansa: The postmortem report of Daljit Singh, a youth from Bhamme Kalan village near Mansa, has indicated that he died of a drug overdose, raising questions over the murder case registered by Mansa Police in connection with his death.
According to the report released by AIIMS Bathinda, drug overdose was the cause of Daljit’s death. Police had earlier arrested three youths and booked them for murder.
Daljit’s sister Amarjit Kaur, wife Paramjit Kaur and mother Shinderpal Kaur had also attended a protest, where they maintained that he had died due to drug consumption and alleged that police had wrongly turned the case into a murder investigation.
Three youths arrested in murder case
Daljit, a resident of Bhamme Kalan village, was allegedly left in the fields of Ramanandi village by some people on October 27. His last rites were performed eight days after his death.
Based on a statement by his father, Jarnail Singh, police registered a murder case against three youths and arrested them.
However, the family of one of the accused had circulated a video on social media claiming that Daljit had not been murdered but had died after being administered a drug injection. The family alleged that police were falsely implicating their relatives.
Following the AIIMS report, questions have emerged about which substance Daljit had consumed, where he obtained it from and who may have supplied it.
Police await viscera report
Mansa SSP Vaibhav Chaudhary said the murder case had been registered on the basis of a complaint by Daljit’s father. He added that the actual cause of death would become clear after the viscera report was received.
It is worth noting that Daljit’s body was also subjected to a postmortem examination at PGIMER, Chandigarh, after the examination at AIIMS Bathinda. The report from PGIMER is still awaited.
