Cops solve woman murder case

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 10

Two days after a drug addict woman, Gurpreet Kaur (35), was found murdered in the Vallah vegetable market, the police on Friday claimed to have solved the blind murder case with the arrest of two persons, including a truck driver, in this regard.

Those arrested have been identified as Sukhchain Singh of Moga and Sitara Singh of Maqboolpura area.

The police said illicit relations and drug abuse was the reason behind the murder. Sukhchain had illicit relations with her while Sitara used to provide the contraband to them.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Harpal Singh said during investigation the police found that Sitara used to provide smack to the victim for consumption. The police team, headed by Vallah police station SHO Jasbir Singh, arrested him. His interrogation led the police to the fact that Sukhchain Singh had illicit relations with her.

Jasbir Singh said Sukhchain found the victim in compromising position with another man due to which he was very upset. He said Sitara was also upset with her as she had not given him the money even after consuming drugs. Sitara was a drug peddler, who also consumed the contraband. Therefore, the duo planned to kill her. On Tuesday evening, he offered her drugs and asked Sukhchain to take her to the Vallah vegetable market on bike where he killed her.

A scene was created at the police station when the family members of Sitara Singh reached there and accused the police of implicating him in a false case. They alleged Sitara was in the house with the family when the victim, Gurpreet Kaur, was stated to be killed. They alleged an ASI picked him from the house and demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe while threatening him to falsely implicate in the case. Though he took the amount, he still implicated Sitara in the murder case.

ADCP Harpal Singh said he had asked the family to file a written complaint and the matter would be investigated. He added that it was on the interrogation of Sitara, the police arrested Sukhchain Singh for murder.