Tarn Taran woman kills husband with help of 2 accomplices, booked

MAN HAD BEEN MISSING FOR A YEAR; SISTER

WAS THE COMPLAINANT IN THE CASE

TARN TARAN : Police on Monday arrested Mandeep Kaur, 35, of Sabran village, for killing her husband, Sona Singh, a year ago. Sona had been missing for a year. Police claim that Mandeep, along with her two accomplices, Varinder Singh of Kirtowal village in Tarn Taran and Gurwinder Singh, a friend of Varinder, murdered Sona as part of a conspiracy and disposed of the body in the Sutlej river.

Mandeep and Gurwinder have been arrested; Varinder is absconding.

SP (headquarters) Jagjit Singh Walia told a press conference, “On Sunday, Sona’s sister Harjit Kaur of Bhikhiwind lodged her complaint with Patti City police station that her brother, who has been missing for the past year, was killed by her brother’s wife with her lover Varinder as an accomplice.”

He added that Harjit alleged that the murder was planned after her brother objected to the affair. He added, “The SSP formed a special team, which took Mandeep and Gurwinder into custody. Gurwinder is the best friend of Varinder. During questioning, the accused confessed and told us that Sona was murdered with a sharp-edged weapon and the body was thrown into the Sutlej river.”

The three have been booked under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender), 365 (kidnapping or abducting) and 34 (acts done by several persons) of the IPC at the Patti City police station.

JALANDHAR: Two Railway Protection Force (RPF) head constables were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck near Kartarpur town in Jalandhar district on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as Raman Kumar, 45, and Madan Singh, 44, both residents of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh. Police have arrested the truck driver, Gurcharan Singh. The deceased were posted at Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala and were heading towards Kartarpur when the truck coming from the opposite side

POSTED AT RAIL COACH FACTORY IN KAPURTHALA

crashed into their car, killing them both on the spot.

The autopsy was conducted at the Jalandhar civil hospital.

Police have registered a case under sections 279-B (rash driving), 304 – A (causing death by negligence) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of ₹50 ) of the IPC against the truck driver at the Kartarpur police station.