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Man Murdered In Ludhiana, Shopkeeper Gets A Severed Hand With An Instruction

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Mohammed Ghazali, Chandrajit Mitra
Man Murdered In Ludhiana, Shopkeeper Gets A Severed Hand With An Instruction
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A man was murdered in Ludhiana, with his severed hand delivered to a shopkeeper as a message. Police suspect the crime is linked to a long-standing personal feud involving individuals with criminal records.

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The brutal nature of the crime highlights concerns regarding law and order and the prevalence of gang-related violence in the region.

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A man was killed, and his severed hand was left in a plastic bag at a grocery store in Punjab's Ludhiana this morning. The victim has been identified as Shakti Singh alias Bhura, with the police suspecting that personal enmity could have led to his murder.The main accused, Gurmit Singh CD, has been arrested, said Ludhiana ACP Roop Deep Kaur.Around five to six men had barged into a house near Redu Sahib gurdwara and attacked Singh with swords and other sharp-edged weapons, officials said, adding that they also assaulted the house owner when he tried to intervene.They chopped Singh's hand from the wrist, placed it in a polythene bag, and handed it over to a shopkeeper at a grocery shop in Satguru Nagar.

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