Ludhiana shocker: Carpenter kills man, cuts body into 6 pieces; wife held for cleaning crime scene

LUDHIANA: A grisly murder fuelled by a drug-induced dispute has ended with the arrest of a local carpenter and his wife after a 30-year-old man was on Thursday found dismembered in the city, sawed perhaps when he was just unconscious and taken for dead.

Punjab Police confirmed on Friday they had apprehended woodworker Shamsher Singh Shera and his wife, Kuldeep Kaur (accused of joining the cleanup), in connection with the death of Davinder Singh, whose body was discovered on Thursday cut into six pieces and scattered near the Jalandhar Bypass.


The victim, a digital printing professional based in Mumbai, had arrived in Ludhiana by train on Jan 6 to purchase new machinery. According to investigators, Davinder met with his friend, Shamsher, shortly after arrival. Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) Sameer Verma has claimed that the two men consumed "chitta" - a local term for heroin - at Shamsher's house.

While under the influence, a heated argument erupted over an unpaid debt. Verma said: "During the altercation, Shamsher pushed Davinder, which knocked him unconscious. Believing the man was dead, Shamsher used a saw to dismember the body, a process that reportedly took him two-hours-and-a-half."