Ludhiana: Neighbour stabs 70-year-old woman to death at Meharban

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 19

A 70-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her neighbour at Chuharwal village in Meharban on Sunday morning.

The deceased has been identified Swaran Kaur.

The neighbour, identified as Jaspal Singh (45) of the same village, was arrested by the police and a case registered against him.

The woman was murdered by the accused on the suspicion that she had been doing practising the occult, which brought sufferings for his (accused) family.

The SHO, Meharban police station, Inspector Lovedeep Singh, said the incident occurred at around 6.30 am today when Swaran Kaur was going to a gurdwara.

A few days back, Jaspal had told the woman to stop doing practising the occult, else he would kill her. Today when the woman left her house to go to a gurdwara, Jaspal cornered her and repeatedly stabbed her with a knife. The woman died on the spot.

The SHO said after registering a murder case against Jaspal today, he was also arrested.

Villagers, however, told police that the woman was not practising the occult, rather she was quite religious and used to visit gurdara daily.

Man’s body found, kin suspect murder

• The body of a 45-year-old man, Bittu Batra, was found on the main road of Haibowal on Sunday. He had not been living with his family for the past five years and living on road only.
• The deceased’s kin raised suspicion that he had been killed. The Haibowal police said post-mortem would be conducted on Monday and further action would be taken accordingly.

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