Thief murdered over stolen money dispute

CHANDIGARH: Dispute over stolen money claimed the life of one of the thieves in Manimajra on Wednesday night.
The body of Sanjay Rajjak, 28, was recovered from the forest area near Raipurkalna village, Manimajra, and was identified by industrialist Dharam Pal. The deceased was employed with Pal at his factory in Industrial Area, Phase I. Police have arrested the associate of deceased Sushil Kumar, who is also working in the factory, for the murder on Thursday.In his statement to police, Pal said when he checked the cash counter in his factory he found Rs 39,400 missing. Suspecting Sanjay for the theft, he started tracing him and reached the spot where his body was found.
SHO of PS Manimajra, Rajesh Shukla, said after establishing the identification of deceased, his known persons were traced in Industrial Area, Panchkula, and some of them informed the cops about his associate Sushil Kumar, who was missing from the factory since Wednesday night. Police sources said Sushil has confessed to the crime. Sources said Sushil had demanded a share of Rs 7,000 from the stolen money, but Sanjay refused.
Sources added, Sushil reportedly hit Sanjay with a heavy stone and fled after taking all the stolen cash, documents and cellphone of deceased.