Ludhiana, Oct. 17 -- Police on Saturday arrested an autorickshaw driver and his son, both residents of Patti Chohle Kutbewal Gujjaran, in connection with the murder of former Manewal sarpanch Navtej Singh.

The police said the duo orchestrated the attack over a longstanding dispute involving 1.5 kanals of land and have ruled out the involvement of the victim's cousin and other relatives initially named in the case, saying the investigation found no evidence linking them to the killing.

According to police, the accused have been identified as Roor Singh and his son Jaswinder Singh, alias Raja, a pickup driver.

Additional commissioner of police (ACP) Rupinder Singh said, "The investigation established that Jaswinder allegedly conspired to...