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Three days after a 28-year-old CTU employee was found dead on the Pinjore-Baddi road, the Punjab director general of police (DGP) on Wednesday constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the murder. The SIT, headed by inspector general (IG, crime) Shashi Prabha Diwedi, hasDhruman Nimbale, assistant inspector general (AIG, intelligence), and Mohali senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kuldeep Singh Chahal as members.Victim Abhishek Guleria had gone missing after visiting a relative’s house in Nayagaon on March 14. He was found dead on the Pinjore-Baddi road on March 25. On Tuesday, Mohali police had named Lt Col Baljit Singh Sandhu (retd), chairman of WWICS Group, an immigration consultancy, and owner of Forest Hill Resort in Nayagaon, in the murder FIR. Besides, cops had arrested three employees of the upscale resort, located 5km from PGIMER, Chandigarh, for allegedly dumping the victim on the Pinjore-Baddi road on March 22. The trio —...

Lt Col Baljit Singh Sandhu (retd), chairman of WWICS Group — an immigration consultancy — and owner of Forest Hill Resort in Nayagaon, is under the scanner in the case of murder of a Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) employee. The Mohali police have arrested three Forest Hill Resort employees in the case. Sandhu’s name has also been included in the FIR though no charges have been pressed against him. Victim Abhishek Guleria, 28, had gone missing after visiting a relative’s house in Nayagaon on March 14. His body was recovered from along the Pinjore-Baddi road on March 25. During questioning in the area, the Mohali police zeroed in on the Forest Hill Resort employees — liasoning officer Gurdeep Bains, his assistant Tarsem Singh and security in-charge Balwinder Singh. The three alleged they had found Guleria’s body in the tank of resort’s sewage treatment plant, following which they informed Sandhu, who asked them to dispose of the body to avoid controversy. The trio all...