Ludhiana man kills 3 of family, himself over property dispute

Charanjit Singh Teja

Tribune News Service 

Ludhiana, July 29

Sandip Singh, 55, a resident of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar here, shot dead his wife Amandeep Kaur, 45,  daughter Dinaaj Kaur, 17, and mother Bachan Kaur, 70, and then turned the gun on himself this morning.  He was upset because of an ongoing property dispute, sources said.

The family’s domestic help told the police she was in Bachan Kaur’s room when she heard gunshots. She rushed out and saw Sandip Singh with a gun. He warned her to stay away. Intimidated, she rushed to the roof of the house.

Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh Aulakh said, “It seems Sandip first shot his daughter, wife and then mother at 6 am. His body and that of his wife were found in the bedroom on the first floor, his daughter’s near the sofa in the lobby and of his mother on the ground floor.” 

Bachan Kaur would write the “vaak” (thought for the day) after listening to Gurbani from Amritsar.  This morning too she had written one.

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The murders were discovered by another domestic help, who raised an alarm. 

 “Sandip could have been in depression because of a property dispute. He had two more weapons. There were no signs of forcible entry into the house,” Aulakh said.   

The family, from Mangat village in Ludhiana, had been residing at BRS Nagar for the past five years.  Sandip had both urban and rural property.