In the high-profile murder case of ‘Chinni’ Kubaheri, the primary shooter, Rajan—alias Piyush Pehalwan—was scheduled to be produced before the Chandigarh District Court on Wednesday. Currently incarcerated in Patiala Jail, he was to appear via video conferencing; however, a power failure at the jail prevented this.
Due to the power outage at Patiala Jail, Rajan could not be presented in the Chandigarh court. Meanwhile, other accused individuals—held in Burail Jail and Karnal Jail—were successfully produced via video conferencing. Consequently, the judge ordered that he be presented at the next scheduled hearing.
The next hearing in the case is set for November 16. There are eight accused in total, including Rajan. On March 18, property dealer Chamanpreet Singh—known as ‘Nagra’ or ‘Chinni Kubaheri’—was shot dead in Sector 9.
The conspiracy to murder Chinni was orchestrated by Amreen Kaur, a resident of Sector 35, with assistance from Harsh Sohana, a resident of Mohali. They facilitated the killing through Lucky Patial, a gangster based abroad.
Betrayal in a property deal leads to enmity
According to the case details, Amreen had previously purchased a property in New Chandigarh from Chinni. She believed that Chinni had deceived her by selling the property at a price significantly higher than its actual market value. Furthermore, Chinni had failed to hand over possession of the property, resulting in a substantial financial loss for Amreen. This led to a dispute between the two. During this period, Amreen met Harsh, who connected her with Lucky Patial. The group communicated via social media and encrypted mobile applications. Amreen had promised a large sum of money to Lucky Patial in exchange for the murder of Chinni.
Then, on March 18, two shooters shot and killed Chinni in Sector 9. The very next day, the Punjab Police arrested both shooters—Rajan, alias Piyush Pehalwan, a resident of Ferozepur, and Pritam Shah, a resident of Nawanshahr.
