65-year-old woman brick kiln owner hacked to death in Payal
Assailant attacked her on the neck twice with a sharp-edged weapon concealed in plastic bag
LUDHIANA: A 65-year-old woman, who owned a brick kiln, was hacked to death by an unidentified man outside her house in Shahpur village of Payal town here on Monday evening. The crime was captured in CCTV camera.
The assailant turned up at the scene of the crime on a motorcycle with his accomplice. The CCTV camera footage shows the assailant in a helmet walking up to victim Rachhpal Kaur and after exchanging a few words, he attacked her on the neck twice with a sharp-edged weapon that he concealed behind his back in a plastic bag. He then is seen running up to the motorcycle metres away where his accomplice waited for him. The two then fled towards Doraha.
Police suspect it to be a work of contract killers and preliminary investigations were initiated on professional rivalry or family enmity angles.
Simrajit Singh, son-in-law of the victim, was present at the kiln on Monday when the killers struck. Kaur was taken to a local hospital, from where she was referred to the Satguru Partap Singh Hospital in Ludhiana. Doctors over there, however, declared her dead. Kaur and her son were taking care of the kiln after the death of her husband, Sukhdev Singh, in a road accident in 2017. They had earlier given it on lease but later she took over. Khanna senior superintendent of police Harpreet Singh visited the crime scene with his team after being informed about the killing.
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MOGA: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her husband at their house in Landeke in Moga district late on Monday night. The police have arrested Jagdish Singh, 50, and sent the body for post-mortem. DSP Barjinder Singh said that after having heated argument with his wife Sarabjeet Kaur, the accused attacked on her head and she died on the spot. Sarabjeet was living separately from her husband and children from almost a year and came back home on Monday.