Punjab police solve murder case involving Suresh Raina’s relatives

Three members of an inter-state gang of robbers have been arrested in connection with the murders of cricket Suresh Raina’s kin, said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh as he declared the case “solved”.

Eleven other accused are yet to be arrested, DGP Dinkar Gupta said.

Raina’s uncle Ashok Kumar, a contractor, had died on the spot, while his son Kaushal Kumar succumbed to injuries on August 31 during a robbery bid at their Pathankot home. Kaushal’s wife Asha Rani is in hospital in critical condition and two others injured in the attack had been discharged from hospital.

Soon after the incident, the chief minister had ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under IGP Border Range Amritsar, with SSP Pathankot, SP Investigation and DSP Dhar Kalan as its members, to investigate the case thoroughly and expeditiously.