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Haryana Police announces reward

PNS

Haryana Police Department has announced a reward of Rsone lakh to be given to any person giving information about the dead bodies of a girl and boy found in two separate boxes at Devilal Park in Sonepat district on Monday in a suspected case of honour killing.

Yet to make any headway into the case, Director General of Police (DGP), Haryana, Yashpal Singal announced the reward money on Tuesday.

A spokesman of the Police Department said that a case has been registered at Police Station Murthal regarding this on the statement of Raghunath, a resident of Jamalpur Mohalla near Dayal Chowk, Sonepat.

A day before, morning walkers at Devilal Park in Sonepat had found two steel trunks dumped, in which a man, around 30 years of age was found with his legs cut off while the woman found in another trunk was between 25-30 years old and was wearing a set of bangles, commonly worn by newly-wed women.

The spokesperson said that the DGP has directed the Superintendent of Police, Sonepat, Ashok Kumar for early identification of the victims and arresting the accused soon. In this direction, Kumar has constituted separate teams to search the accused involved in this case, he added.

The name and identity of informer would be kept secret, added the spokesperson. Any information in this regard could be given at telephone numbers — 0172-2587529, 2583281.