Four days after the brutal homicide of a 15-year-old boy on the emergency ward of Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital in Ludhiana, police arrested six extra suspects on Tuesday.

The accused have been recognized as Gagan Kumar, Sahil Sorpi, Vishal alias Machhal, Manpreet Singh alias Manu, Ankur and Vikas, all residents of EWS Colony on Tajpur Road. The weapons used within the crime have been recovered from them. On July 16, police had arrested Sahil Birla alias Sahil and Abhishek Bidlan alias Khechu for the homicide. The suspects had been hiding at totally different areas within the metropolis in a bid to keep away from arrest.

Police commissioner Kaustubh Sharma stated their 4 accomplices, Veeru, Sanju, Seema and Rishav are but to be arrested.

“On July 15, the accused had indulged in a clash with the victims’ group at EWS Colony. After the locals intervened, they had come to a compromise and decided to not file a complaint with the police,” stated Sharma.

“The victim, Sawan, his elder brother, Sumit, and brother-in-law had gone to the civil hospital to get a medico-legal report to pursue a case against the rival group. After the accused found out about it, they turned up at the hospital and hacked Sawan to death with sharp weapons. They also vandalised the hospital,” added the police chief.

A case below Sections 302, 341, 506, 148, 149, 186 and 353 of Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act was lodged in opposition to the accused at Division Number 2 police station. A day after the homicide, two PCR personnel had been deputed outdoors the emergency ward of the hospital.