Kin murder man, try to pass it off as suicide

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 14

A family of Lalton Kalan village murdered one of its members and tried to pass it off as suicide. According to the police, the accused misled the police by stating that the deceased committed suicide because of a quarrel he had with his neighbours last month.

The police said Racchpal Singh of Lalton Kalan village had lodged a complaint with them that he had been beaten by his neighbours in July. On August 5, Racchpal’s brother Baldev Singh told the police that his brother had committed suicide because of mental agony he had been suffering after a quarrel with his neighbours and had even left a suicide note. A case of abetment of suicide against his neighbours Vicky, Tarni and others was registered.

The ADCP Zone-3, Surendra Lamba, said the postmortem report suggested it was a murder. Further investigation was carried out and it came to light that Racchpal used to torment the members of his family, including mother Manjit Kaur, brother Baldev Singh and wife Kiranpal Kaur after getting drunk. The three strangled him with rope and told the police that he had committed suicide.

The police have registered a case against the accused under Section 202 and 34 (committing crime with common intention) of the IPC against the accused.