Minor held for painter’s murder

Mohali: The police apprehended a 15-year-old boy for the murder of a painter in Dhakoli and produced him before a court, which sent him to a juvenile home. “The deceased and the juvenile had an altercation over an issue involving the deceased’s son who is in jail. In the heat of the moment, the juvenile hit Mukesh (the victim) with a sword on his neck and then struck him multiple times using wooden logs, bricks and stones.We have recovered all the weapons used in crime,” said sub-division Zirakpur DSP Jaspinder Singh Gill. tnn