Skeleton of woman who went missing 9 years ago exhumed

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 11

Mystery shrouds the death of Ramandeep Kaur whose mortal remains were exhumed by the Mehta police from the cattle shed of her maternal uncle and aunt at Dayalgarh Buttar village here on Wednesday.

Though the police have booked the couple, identified as Pargat Singh and Ranjit Kaur, in the case, they said the matter was still under investigation. They said a number of questions arose following the recovery of the mortal remains of Ramandeep Kaur after nine years of her missing.

They were booked on the complaint of the victim’s brother Nirvair Singh who informed the police about the incident. The police exhumed the skeleton for getting the samples for DNA.

ASP, Majitha, Abhimanyu Rana along with officials of the Mehta police station was present on the spot. He said the matter under investigation.

Nirvair Singh told the police that Ramandeep Kaur had received Rs 4.50 lakh from her husband as a part of their divorce settlement. Her uncle Pargat Singh had taken the money from Ramandeep Kaur. When Ramandeep started asking for money, her uncle and aunt murdered her and buried the body in February 2011. He told the police that they killed her by hitting her head with an iron rod. He said he was younger at that time and was afraid as the accused had also threatened to kill him.

According to information, Ramandeep Kaur went missing in 2012 when she was around 26 years old. Earlier, she got divorced from her husband and started living in her maternal home with her one-year-old son. Meanwhile, her brother Nirvair Singh suspected that his sister Ramandeep had an affair with a man from Chaudharywall village. An infuriated Nirvair Singh had put acid on the face of that person. A case was registered against Nirvair Singh who was also sentenced to seven years. About three years ago, Nirvair Singh completed his sentence and was released from prison.

Manjinder Singh, SHO, Mehta police station, said Nirvair threw acid on her alleged lover’s face a day after her alleged murder. He said some relatives of the accused family had approached the police claiming innocence of the couple. They informed that the couple lived in the city from 2002 to 2015. They returned to live in the village in 2015, around four years after the murder.