17-year-old farm worker found murdered in Jagraon

Times News Network
Ludhiana: A 17-year-old farm worker was found murdered at a field in Jagraon’s Punjabi Bagh on Monday morning.
Sanjay, who hailed from Odisha, was an employee of a farmer, Manjeet Singh.
Jagraon police station SHO inspector Jagjit Singh said, “Manjeet, a resident of Punjabi Bagh, had employed Sanjay in February. The teenager was looking after his fields and living at his house.On Saturday evening, he went out and did not return. Manjeet looked for him everywhere, but to no avail. He then lodged a complaint.”
When a villager saw the body in the field on Monday morning, he sounded the police. “The body was identified as that of Sanjay. There were strangulation marks on the neck. A piece of rope was also recovered from the spot. It seems to be a case of murder. Autopsy will make the cause of death clear,” the SHO added.
Manjeet said, “After winding up work in our field, Sanjay would return home. I do not know if he had an enmity with anyone. He did not have many friends.”
A case has been registered under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC.