India News | 21-year-old Man Killed, Accused on Run: Police
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 21-year-old man working in a restaurant on the Mall road in the heart of Shimla town, near the police reporting room, was allegedly killed in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Shimla, Feb 26 (PTI) A 21-year-old man working in a restaurant on the Mall road in the heart of Shimla town, near the police reporting room, was allegedly killed in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Manish (21), the son of Sohan Singh, a resident of Kothi village in Kupvi tehsil of Shimla district, was working in a restaurant here.
According to police, the incident took place around 2 am when the accused, identified as Satinder Pal (30), entered the victim's room and attacked him with a sharp weapon.
Manish rushed towards the police assistance room and broke the glass of the control room door with the same weapon with which he was attacked.
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Police rushed Manish to the Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMCH) where he was declared "brought dead".
A case of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused, who is a resident of Haryana, police said, adding that he was working in another restaurant.
The post-mortem examination of the body will be conducted, police said, adding that the accused fled towards Chandigarh and a police team is after him.
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