Punjab: Man found dead in car in Patiala

PATIALA: A 44-year-old man from Nabha was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his car on Friday night. The police confiscated a .32 bore weapon from the vehicle in which the dead body was found lying on the driver seat.
The deceased has been identified as Amandeep Singh, 44 of Nabha who worked as a property dealer. Amandeep was also a complainant against a judge of a Nabha court against whom he had leveled allegations of corruption around four months back.The judge, who was facing some other complaints including threats issued to an advocate, was placed under suspension in December last year by the judges and chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court. The judge is also the cousin of a gangster who surrendered in his court after Vicky Gounder was killed in the police encounter.
The sources in the police department have claimed that an unidentified person was present in the deceased's car when the incident took place however the cops are mum over his whereabouts.
The police said that investigation in the death of Amandeep Singh was underway however no arrests were made so far. The police have registered a case under sections 174 CrPC to inquest further proceedings. The dead body was taken to Patiala government Rajindra hospital where the police said got conducted the post mortem of the deceased. The police said that the dead body will soon be handed over to the family.
The police revealed that the deceased was shot dead and the bullet hit left side of the forehead while he was sitting on the driver seat of the car. The police said that in the initial inputs from the relatives of the deceased it has been found that the deceased was right-handed. The police had neither ruled out the suicide angle nor had confirmed it as a murder. The weapon used in the crime was a licensed weapon of the deceased who is survived by his wife and two children including a daughter.
Nabha DSP, VS Thind feigned ignorance about Amandeep as a complainant in any case against a judge but said, “We are investigating into the matter further after registering the case. The statements of the family members have been recorded and some of relatives and friends of the deceased are called to join the probe. The family is inconsolable at this moment.”
The police later on Saturday evening held a press conference and said that a case under sections of murder and arms act was registered against Dharamjit Singh alias soni who is a relative of the deceased. SP investigation HS Hundal said, "The accused have been booked for murder and the dispute is said to be over money amounting to Rs 10 lakh cash and another Rs 10 lakh of an innova car which was sold. The accused wanted back his money. So far there's no angle of involvement of judge but the accused Dharamjit was also eyewitness in the corruption case filed against the judge."