Elderly woman killed, body stuffed inside iron trunk by robber in Punjab; accused at large

HOSHIARPUR: A 90-year-old woman was murdered by a robber who stuffed her body inside an iron trunk in a village in Punjab, police said on Thursday.The victim was identified as Joginder Kaur, a resident of Bham village in the Chabbewal area.Her body was discovered late Wednesday evening, stuffed inside an iron trunk and showing injury marks on the head, police said.Authorities have registered an FIR against a man from the same village, identified as Daniel, under Sections 103 (punishment for murder) and 331(3) (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking to commit an offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.Preliminary investigation suggested that the accused allegedly entered the house with the intention of theft and killed the elderly woman during the robbery bid, they said.Daniel is absconding and efforts are on to arrest him, they added. (With agency inputs)