Gangster Joga Pholriwal among 4 booked for AAP leader's daylight murder in Jalandhar
Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Police have registered a case against two named persons, including a foreign-based gangster, and two unknown individuals in connection with the daylight murder of AAP leader Lucky Oberoi in Jalandhar on Friday, with police suspecting personal enmity as the reason behind the killing, officials said on Saturday.
Police have booked gangster Jograj Singh alias Joga Pholriwal, who claimed responsibility for the murder in an unverified social media post, Dalbira and two unnamed persons under the relevant sections of the BNS and Arms Act at the Division 6 police station in the Jalandhar Commissionerate, based on a complaint filed by the victim’s family, they said.
However, the assailant and his accomplice, who were captured on a CCTV camera, have not been identified yet, with several police teams deployed to trace them.
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In the brazen daylight murder, Oberoi was shot by the unidentified assailant outside a gurdwara in Jalandhar’s Model Town around 7.30 am on Friday, shortly after he stepped out of the shrine after paying obeisance, police said.
CCTV camera footage showed that as Oberoi (43) came out of the gurdwara and sat in his car -- a Mahindra Thar -- the assailant wearing a black hoodie approached him on foot, opened fire and fled along with an accomplice, who was waiting for him on a two-wheeler a short distance away.
Satwinderpal Singh alias Lucky Oberoi, a financier by profession, was a ward in charge for the AAP in Jalandhar Cantonment.
An unverified social media post, purportedly by Joga Pholriwal, claimed responsibility for the murder.
Several allegations were levelled against Oberoi in the post, which claimed that he was killed due to personal enmity linked to a dispute over the presidency of a college.
A police officer on Saturday said Joga Pholriwal, Dalbira and two others have been booked for the murder of Oberoi.
Joga, who hails from Pholriwal in Jalandhar district, is believed to be living abroad, the officer said.
Oberoi and Joga had been friends earlier, and can be seen sharing a cake in a Facebook post, police sources said.
However, their relations soured over the election of the students' union president of Khalsa College, they said.
Oberoi's brother, Damandeep Singh, on whose statement the FIR was lodged, named Joga and Dalbira in his complaint, claiming that the duo threatened Oberoi sometime back.
However, police said the family did not file any complaint about the alleged threat at the time.
On Friday morning, Oberoi and Damandeep had gone to the gurdwara in Model Town along with one of their friends when the shooting took place.
Police said several teams have been deployed to trace the assailant and his accomplice, who were seen fleeing the spot on a Honda Activa, with both wearing hoodies.
Oberoi was cremated in Jalandhar on Saturday.
Punjab minister Mohinder Bhagat said those involved in the killing will be arrested, adding that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sent the Punjab DGP to Jalandhar after the incident.
On one of the family members criticising the state government over the murder, Bhagat said it was natural for a family to be distressed after such an incident.
The opposition Congress, Akali Dal and the BJP have also slammed the AAP government over the incident, alleging that Punjab’s law and order have collapsed under it.
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Shinde speaks to Junnar family after two kids drown in pond; Sena hands cheque of Rs 5 lakh
Thane (PTI): The Shiv Sena has extended an assistance of Rs 5 lakh to a family who lost two young children in a drowning incident in Pune district after Deputy CM Eknath Shinde consoled them over the phone, the party claimed.
The incident occurred in Junnar on November 22, when Afan Afsar Inamdar (10) and his sister Rifat (7) were playing near a farm pond.
The Shiv Sena stated that Shinde was visibly moved when he spoke to the bereaved parents via video call on Saturday.
"This incident is beyond unfortunate. I know the pain of losing my own children. I understand the void that can never be filled," he told them.
Following the call, a delegation, including MLA Sharad Sonawane and Shiv Sena Secretary Ram Repale, visited the Inamdar residence to hand over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh on behalf of the Shiv Sena, the party release stated.
