Realtor charged with wife’s murder in UK
London, May 10
An Indian-origin businessman in the UK has been charged with his wife’s murder, nearly three months after her body was discovered in their home in Wolverhampton.
Gurpreet Singh, 42, was charged on Wednesday by West Midlands Police detectives with the murder of 38-year-old Sarbjit Kaur.
“The murder has shocked the local community and we have been working flat-out to move the investigation forward,” said Detective Chief Inspector Chris Mallett.
Singh appeared before Birmingham Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with his wife’s murder, who had been found unconscious at her home on February 16. A post-mortem examination revealed that Kaur died as a result of asphyxiation. The state of the home at the time had led to speculation that she had been killed as a result of a burglary gone wrong.
It emerged that Singh, who heads Dhanda Properties business in Wolverhampton area, had been the last person to see his wife alive earlier in the day before she was found dead by paramedics.
Kaur was attacked inside her own home. The police noted that the interior of the home was in an untidy state, which could indicate it had been searched, and they believed some items are missing. — PTI
