Punjab killings

“At 1 am, I heard a noise outside my house. I saw the accused were trying to scale the outer walls of my house. I fled by jumping from the roof of my house and went to my uncle Balkar Singh’s home,” he added.

By the time he returned with his uncle, his father, brother, and sister were dead.

Soon after the incident, superintendent of police (headquarters) Harjit Singh, deputy superintendent of police (city) Kamaljit Singh, and station house officer (SHO) of Sara-e-amanat Khan police station Ranjit Singh reached the spot and began their investigation.

“As per our preliminary investigation, the trio was killed by the family members of the woman who were against the love-marriage. There were many deep cuts on the dead bodies. The bodies have been sent for postmortem,” said Harjit Singh.

The accused have been booked under sections 302 ( murder), 452 (trespass with intent to hurt, assault or wrongfully restrain), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) and 149 ( unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code. “Raids are being conducted to nab the accused,” Kamaljit Singh added.