Faridkot murder case: Victim 'poisoned and strangled' by Canada-deported wife, lover

Police investigations have revealed shocking new details in the murder of Gurwinder Singh from Sukhnewala village, suggesting that he was allegedly poisoned and later strangled to death by his Canada-deported wife, Rupinder Kaur, and her lover, Harkawal Singh.

According to the preliminary post-mortem report presented in court, Gurwinder died due to asphyxia (blocking of breath). The report also notes 10 to 12 injuries on his body.

Police said Rupinder allegedly held Gurwinder’s arms while Harkawal strangled him by putting his arm around the victim’s neck. After the murder, Harkawal and his friend Vishwajit fled to Chandigarh and were reportedly planning to escape to Mumbai.

Harkawal decided to surrender only after police reached his home and detained his father for questioning.

Investigations revealed that Harkawal tricked Vishwajit into coming to Faridkot and did not tell him about the murder until they reached Chandigarh. Harkawal also admitted to taking Gurwinder’s blood-stained shirt and discarding it, which police later recovered.

Suspicion first arose when SHO Rajesh Kumar inspected the crime scene and noticed that although clothes had been thrown out of a cupboard, they were not unfolded, and only the drawers were open—raising doubts about Rupinder’s initial claim that thieves had killed her husband during a robbery.

During police interrogation, Rupinder broke down and confessed. Her mobile phone has been sent for forensic analysis at the SFL lab, which preliminarily revealed she had been watching crime-related content. Police said Rupinder continues to give conflicting statements.

All three accused—Rupinder, Harkawalpreet, and Vishwajit—were produced in court after their police remand ended.

Police requested three more days of remand to recover additional phones, but the court rejected the request, noting the phones had already been recovered. The accused have now been sent to 14 days of judicial custody in Faridkot Jail.