Ludhiana, March 31 -- A day after the murder of Congress block president Parminder Tiwari, who was brutally killed near Hadian village in the Machhiwara area, the police have claimed to identify the accused. The police suspected a land dispute behind the cold blooded murder. A hunt is on for the arrest of the accused. The accused has been identified as Vijay Kumar. The police have arrested his parents, a brother and a relative for harbouring him.

According to the police, the killing was triggered by a dispute over a small chunk of panchayat land measuring around 15 square yards. The accused has been alleged to have held a grudge against Tiwari and the village panchayat of Takhran-Khokhran after an encroachment on the land was removed.

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