Woman murder case cracked in Amritsar, relative arrested

The police have cracked a murder case in which a married woman, identified as Veerpal Kaur, had been found dead in a guest house falling under the jurisdiction of Division B police station here on November 15.

The police have arrested Gurmeet Singh of Punia village in Tarn Taran in this connection. The victim allegedly had illicit relations with the accused, who also happened to be her relative.

Gagandeep Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police, said that during preliminary probe it was found that the accused had strangled the victim with her dupatta and fled from the guest house.

He said as per investigation, the victim had been living in a live-in relationship with Gurmeet for past some time. However, he got suspicious that she also had illicit relations with some other guy. Therefore, he killed her after brining her to a guest house on November 15.