Police arrests 3 including fiancee of ITBP sepoy for his murder

LUDHIANA: Four days after mutilated dead body of an ITBP sepoy was found by police from sides of a canal near Akhara village of Jagraon, Ludhiana (Rural), police have arrested 3 accused including the fiancee of deceased for his murder.

The accused were identified as

Rajwinder Kaur

of Aalewal village in Ferozepur and fiancée of deceased

Satnam Singh

, her maternal cousin

Pardeep Singh

of Bhamipura village near Jagraon and his minor accomplice. The police have also recovered two sharp edged weapons and a motorcycle used by the accused in the crime.

On September 23, Hathur police had found the dead body of the victim on the banks of

Abohar Branch

of Sirhind Feeder Canal between Akhara and Dalla villages following which the police registered a murder case against unidentified persons.

Giving details, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ludhiana range

Gursharan Singh Sandhu

said that victim Satnam Singh, of Bhagoke village in Ferozepur district was killed by Pardeep Singh and his minor accomplice while Rajwinder Kaur was involved in hatching the conspiracy to kill him.

He added that the accused were traced on the basis of the phone calls made and received by the victim on the fateful day from his mobile phone and during questioning, the accused broke down and confessed their crime.

Acording to police, Satnam Singh got engaged to Rajwinder Kaur some time back. “But Rajwinder Kaur did not want to marry Satnam Singh because she liked her cousin Pardeep Singh and wanted to marry him. Rajwinder with the help of Pardeep even tried to break her engagement with Satnam Singh but when they failed, they decided to eliminate Satnam”, said DIG Gursharan Singh Sandhu.

Police said that on September 23, Pardeep called Satnam Singh to Jagraon on the pretext of seeking his advice to get recruited in Indian army. It added that Pardeep and his minor accomplice met Satnam at a juice bar in Jagraon where Pardeep made him drink juice laced with some sedatives after which he became unconscious.

“Following this, both the accused took Satnam Singh to an isolated place near the canal and killed him with sharp edged weapons”, said Senior police officer.