MBBS Attack in AMRITSAR : MBBS student kills cop uncle over money

AMRITSAR: Two weeks after four school students opened fire on their classmates, another similar incident has been reported in the city wherein an MBBS student stabbed his uncle, a police officer, over a minor issue.

Amritsar police commissioner R P Mittal said, "Jeevanjot Singh, 23, a second-year MBBS student at Government Medical College, Amritsar, met his uncle - assistant sub-inspector Baldev Singh - late on Friday night. He killed him with some sharp-edged weapon. He attempted suicide and a police team found him injured at the Civil Lines. They took him to the hospital where he confessed to his crime."

Baldev Singh was posted at Chabhal police station and stayed at Ranjit Avenue while his family lives in Lopoke. He is survived his wife and two kids. The police commissioner said Jeevanjot was a drug addict and was in a bad company.

Sources said he often borrowed money from his friends and relatives and went to his uncle's place for the same purpose. He was denied the money and this provoked Jeevanjot to kill his uncle.

Mittal said Baldev Singh was to take Jeevanjot Singh to his relative's place at Nawashahr on Saturday and had booked a taxi. The incident came to light when Baldev did not attend the phone call of the driver, who then called his son, and the two found Baldev dead.

Civil Lines police station SHO Sukhwinder Singh said a case has been registered under sections 302 and 23 of IPC. Government Medical College principal S S Shergill said Jeevanjot was an average student. "He was brought to us with injuries on his arm. I was shocked to hear about the charges against him," he said.