Arjuna awardee and a Punjab Armed Police (PAP) deputy superintendent Dalbir Singh was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Jalandhar on Monday, police said, reported PTI. The body of the 54-year-old DSP bore injury marks and was found lying on a road in Basti Bawa Khel in Jalandhar, where he was posted, the officials were quoted as saying by PTI.
“One of his legs was found crushed. We are investigating the matter,” Jalandhar Police Commissioner Swapan Sharma told PTI over phone, reported PTI. The road where the body was found is 8 kilometres from his village in Kapurthala, the police commissioner.
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Singh Randhawa, A-DCP-1, Jalandhar told ANI that the body was found on the intervening night of Dec 31 and January 1. The body had a head injury on it. CCTV footage being analysed.”
Meanwhile, Singh’s family has lodged a complaint in the matter, police said. As per officials, the DSP was involved in a fight with residents of another locality in Jalandhar last month. Singh, earlier a weightlifter, was conferred the Arjuna Award in 2000.
