Chandigarh : The UT police have confirmed that the death of an Electricity Department employee on Friday was a case of murder. Five persons, including a juvenile and two eunuchs, have been arrested in the case while another accused, also an eunuch, is at large.
Harwinder, Singh, a substation attendant, along with his colleagues, had gone to Azad Colony in Sector 25 yesterday to snap power connection to the house of Vikas and Atul due to non-payment of bill. However, the duo, along with others, allegedly thrashed the power department employee leading to his death.
The post-mortem of the body will be conducted on Monday after the deceased’s daughter, who is in the USA, reaches here.
A case has been registered under Sections 302, 353, 332, 186, 148 and 147 of the IPC.
Those arrested are Vikas, Atul, eunuchs Rupali and Malaika and a juvenile. The other accused, Sonam, is on the run. The accused were produced in court, which sent Vikas and Atul to one-day police remand and the two eunuchs to judicial custody.