Abohar murder: Shiv Lal Doda surrenders before PB police

Over a month after the murder of a 27-year-old Dalit man in Abohar, liquor baron and ruling Akali Dal leader Shiv Lal Doda, the main accused in the case, surrendered before the Punjab police here today.
"Shiv Lal Doda today surrendered before the Fazilka SSP office here," DIG Ferozepur Range, Amar Singh Chahal said today.
"He will be presented before the court tomorrow," Chahal said.
The DIG said that with his arrest, a total of 24 accused have been arrested in this case.
Doda surrendered before the police after Punjab and Haryana Court dismissed his anticipatory bail petition yesterday.
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.

Despite police raids at Doda's possible hideouts in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, the Akali leader Akali leader had remained elusive.

Punjab police had even issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him to prevent the accused from leaving the country.
Meanwhile, Doda's nephew Amit Doda had turned himself into police on December 20, 2015.
Suspected henchmen of Doda had allegedly chopped off Sain's limbs, in the attack led by one Harpreet Harry after a heated exchange broke out between the two at Doda's farm house in Abohar sub division area.
Ruling Akalis came under fire over the murder, with Congress accusing SAD of patronising Doda.

The investigation by Punjab police had also come under severe criticism in the case as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) had accused the police of carrying out a shoddy investigation into the brutal murder of Sain.