Over a month after the murder of a 27-year-old Dalit man in Abohar, liquor baron and Akali Dal leader Shiv Lal Doda, the main accused in the case, surrendered before the police on Friday. “Shiv Lal Doda today surrendered before the Fazilka SSP office here. He will be presented before the court tomorrow,” said Amar Singh Chahal, DIG Ferozepur Range.
He said with Doda’s arrest, a total of 24 accused have been arrested in this case. Doda surrendered before the police after the Punjab and Haryana high court dismissed his anticipatory bail petition on Thursday.
Doda was booked for criminal conspiracy in connection with the murder of Bhim Sain, whose limbs were reportedly chopped off at a farmhouse in Abohar on December 11.