Punjab IAS officer's father-in-law shot dead

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The father-in-law of Punjab’s senior IAS officer Varun Roozam was shot dead near Rajpura on Sunday. He was reportedly on his way back from Uksi village.

The Police has recovered bullet ridden body of 64-year-old Swaran Singh from his car near Rajpura. Ruling out any terror angle, the Police suspect personal enmity behind the crime.

The Police suspect it to be the role of unidentified gunmen. However, the police is also probing if it was a suicide or a case of murder.

Roozam, who served as Deputy Commissioner in Amritsar and Patiala, is cutely serving as the Markfed managing director.

The police informed that Swaran Singh was travelling in his car when he was shot dead by unidentified persons.

The Police have recovered two empty cartridges from the car. Sources said that there was no sign of shot on the body of the car. One glass window of driver side was found open.

The incident is reportedly happened at 12 noon but the police got the info much later.

Daily Pioneer
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