Panaji: A 24-year-old man wanted in a murder case registered in Punjab has been arrested by Goa Police from North Goa’s Mandrem and will be handed over to the Punjab Police, an official said on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Diljeet alias Rahul, a resident of Amritsar in Punjab, was apprehended by personnel of the Mandrem Police Station in North Goa during a patrol near the Bhumika Temple at Ashwemwada on Saturday.
According to police, the patrol team found the man moving in a suspicious manner near the temple. When questioned about his presence in the area, he allegedly failed to provide a satisfactory explanation, prompting the police to detain him for further inquiry.
He was subsequently brought to the Mandrem Police Station, where his identity was established as Diljeet alias Rahul, son of Kuldeep Singh, aged 24 years, a resident of Baghpura on Tarn Taran Road in Amritsar.
Police said the accused’s responses during interrogation were found to be “irrelevant and unsatisfactory”, following which he was arrested under Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
During interrogation, the police found that Diljeet was wanted in connection with Crime No. 96/2026 registered at a police station in Amritsar.
The case has been registered under Sections 103 (murder), 109 (attempt to murder), 190 (every member of an unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of the common object) and 191 (rioting) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, which relate to illegal possession and use of firearms.
Goa Police immediately informed the Station House Officer of the concerned police station in Amritsar about the arrest.
The accused has been remanded to judicial custody, while a team from Punjab Police is expected to reach Goa on Monday to obtain his transit custody and take him back to Punjab for further investigation in the murder case, the official added.
