Patiala: Biker Nawab Khan, 27, Hit by SUV Near Dakala, Abducted and Found Stabbed to Death on Patiala-Sangrur Highway

A 27-year-old motorcyclist, Nawab Khan, was allegedly hit head-on by an SUV travelling on the wrong side near Dakala village in Patiala district on Friday, forcibly taken away in the vehicle and later found stabbed to death, officials said. Police have registered FIR No. 225 at Pasiyana police station and are examining video and CCTV footage while searching for the accused.

Awaaz Punjab Investigations Desk24 October 20263 min readRead in all 3 languages

Patiala: A 27-year-old motorcyclist, identified as Nawab Khan, was allegedly hit by a speeding SUV, abducted by its occupants and subsequently stabbed to death, with his body later found dumped in a drain along the Patiala-Sangrur highway, news agency IANS reported on Saturday, quoting officials.

Source: IANS via Hi India

According to IANS, the incident took place on Friday afternoon near a petrol pump close to Dakala village in Patiala district. Khan was riding his motorcycle when an SUV travelling on the wrong side of the road allegedly struck him head-on. The occupants of the vehicle then reportedly overpowered Khan and forcibly took him away in the SUV. These are allegations under police investigation; no accused have been named in the reports and no arrests were reported.

News18 Punjab also reported the abduction and killing, saying Scorpio occupants first hit the motorcycle rider near the petrol pump at Dakala in Sanour and abducted him, and that about an hour later the young man's body was found at Kala Jhar village in Sangrur, around 30 kilometres from the abduction site, with around 40 seconds of CCTV footage of the incident having surfaced.

Source: News18 Punjab

IANS reported that shortly after the alleged abduction, a passerby recorded a video showing Khan hanging halfway out of one of the windows of the SUV as the vehicle sped away towards Sangrur, and that the footage is part of the material being examined by the authorities. According to officials quoted by IANS, Khan was allegedly murdered after being abducted and his body was dumped in a drain near Kalajhar village, before the vehicle reached the Kala Jhar toll plaza on the Patiala-Sangrur highway.

Police have registered a case in connection with the abduction and murder. An FIR numbered 225 was registered at Pasiyana police station on Friday under Sections 103(1), 140(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), IANS reported.

Following the circulation of CCTV footage linked to the incident, police have intensified efforts to trace the suspects and are examining the available footage and other evidence to establish the sequence of events and identify those involved, the agency said.

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