Ropar girl ends life, three booked

Una, December 31

Parminder Singh, a resident of Gambhirpur Dher in Ropar district of Punjab, has complained to the Una police that his sister Mandeep Kaur allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her aunt’s house at Poona village in the district on Thursday. He has alleged that relatives of her paramour, whom she wanted to marry, were against their proposed matrimony. The district police have booked three persons in the case.

Sources in the Una police said the complainant has alleged that Mandeep was in love with Paramjeet Singh, a resident of Bhanam village near Nangal, for the past four years and the duo wanted to marry. However, Paramjeet’s sister Gurmeet Kaur and her husband were against it. The Una police have booked Paramjeet Singh, Gurmeet Kaur and her husband. — OC