Chargesheet filed against PU Prof for wife’s murder in Chandigarh

After over four years, the Chandigarh police have filed a chargesheet against Prof BB Goyal of Panjab University in his wife Seema Goyal’s murder case. The police had registered the case after Seema’s body was found in the official residence of the professor at the PU on the night of Diwali in 2021.

Her hands and feet were tied and cloth was stuffed into her mouth. Goyal shifted the body to a hospital before the police arrived at the scene. He told the police that an outsider probably entered the house, killed his wife and fled the scene.

The post-mortem revealed Seema died from strangulation. The couple’s daughter had been away at a friend’s house.

The police have claimed that Professor Goyal cooked up a story to confuse the police. He claimed he was sleeping on the upper floor of the house on the night of the incident. He came downstairs in the morning and found his wife’s hands and legs were tied, and robbers had escaped from a window after committing the crime.

However, during the investigation, the police discovered that the grills of the window were cut from inside and there were no signs of forced entry. Moreover, no valuables were missing from the house.

The couple’s daughter said her parents had entered into an argument a day before the incident and both used to pick up fights frequently. Seema’s brother had also claimed that the crime was committed by someone inside the house. He even went to the court seeking early probe in the case.

During the four-year investigation, a polygraph test was conducted and Professor Goyal was arrested in December last year. Seema was his second wife.

The brain-mapping test of Professor Goyal, the report of which has been attached with the chargesheet, allegedly revealed patterns that had made him a suspect in the murder case. Over 20 witnesses have been named in the case.