India, June 18 -- Haryana Police on Thursday arrested 24-year-old Sahil Malik near the Bhigan Toll Plaza on Chandigarh-Delhi National Highway-44, thwarting his attempt to flee to the national capital just hours after he allegedly committed a double murder.

Malik, a resident of Panipat, is suspected of killing his paternal uncle in Punjab's Dera Bassi and a friend in Haryana on Wednesday night.

Following the arrest by Sonepat's special anti-gangster unit and Murthal police, the suspect was handed over to the Panipat police. Investigators from Dera Bassi also joined the probe upon receiving notification of the arrest.

Police officials said Malik first shot his uncle, Rahul Malik, 45, at his office in Dera Bassi in Mohali district. He the...