J&K ex-MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir murder: Delhi Police arrest prime accused

NEW DELHI: Harmeet Singh (61), the prime accused in the high-profile murder of former member of the J&K Legislative Council and National Conference functionary Trilochan Singh Wazir has been arrested by Special Cell of Delhi Police.
DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said the suspect had fled to Jammu and was arrested after a week-long chase. “A pistol and a live round was seized from him. A handwritten suicide note, whose image was posted by him on his Facebook page to mislead police, has also been seized, along with the ballpoint pen used to write it,” he added.
On September 12, TOI had reported that a man named Harmeet Singh had shot dead Wazir and was the prime suspect.
Wazir had come to Delhi on September 2 as he had a flight to Canada the next day. On September 9, his decomposed body was found in a flat on the second floor of a building in W-Block, Basai Darapur, Moti Nagar. The flat was taken on rent six months ago by Harpreet Singh. He was found missing along with his friend Harmeet and they became the prime suspects. They were found to have gone to Jammu.
“A team comprising ACP Jasbir Singh and inspectors Bhagwati and Puran Pant went to Jammu to catch them. On September 19, the team received information that Harmeet would meet someone near Jammu border in search of a new hideout and he was arrested,” said Yadav.
During interrogation, Harmeet, a property dealer, disclosed that a rivalry started between him and Wazir three years ago. Severe differences had arisen between members of a gurdwara and him and Wazir regarding a calendar that was to be launched with the photograph of Guru Nanak.
On August 22, Harmeet came to Delhi to fulfill formalities for a Canadian visa for his son and stayed with Harpreet, who assured to get his work done. On August 31, Harpreet talked with Wazir on the phone in Harmeet’s presence. After that, Harpreet asked him to shift to a hotel as Wazir was coming to Delhi. Harmeet relocated to a nearby hotel in the wake of his differences with Wazir.
“On September 3, Harpreet came to Harmeet’s hotel room claiming that Wazir had planned to eliminate his son and had already dispatched shooters from Punjab and Haryana to Jammu for the job,” Yadav said. Harpreet allegedly instigated Harmeet to kill Wazir and save his family. Harmeet shot Wazir in his sleep. After the murder, they fled to Jammu. Raids are on to nab Harpreet.