Woman, paramour held for killing sister-in-law

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 26

The police today arrested a woman and her paramour for the murder of Harwinder Kaur (32) at Maan village here on Saturday. The accused have been identified as Rajwinder Kaur and her paramour Mandeep Singh.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Toora said Harwinder Kaur used to object to Rajwinder’s illicit relations with Mandeep Singh. Rajwinder’s husband, who is the elder brother of the deceased, has been living in Malaysia for the last one year.

On the basis of a statement given by the deceased’s husband Palwinder Singh, the police on Sunday booked Rajwinder Kaur and an unidentified person for murder and destruction of evidence.

Palwinder told the police that his wife Harwinder Kaur had gone to the residence of Rajwinder Kaur at 12.30 pm on Saturday. When she did not return for two hours, he went to see her. Upon reaching Rajwinder’s house, he found a body in a room that was recently set afire. He raised the alarm and the fire was doused. The police were informed about the incident.

As the body was burnt beyond recognition, he identified it that of his wife Harwinder Kaur on the basis of some marks in her abdomen region. SHO, Kathunangal police station, Kirandeep Singh said a suicide note was recovered from the spot following which they got suspicious.

During interrogation, it came to light that Rajwinder Kaur wanted to elope with Mandeep Singh. However, Harwinder came to know about their plans and objected to this. The accused hatched a conspiracy to kill her and set the body afire to fake the death of Rajwinder as suicide.