Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Armyman accused of killing wife, arrested

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

My sister was shot from a .12 bore licensed weapon. She was harassed by her inlaws, when her husband used to be out on duty.

MANDEEP SINGH, victim’s brother

SBSNAGAR: A 30-year-old woman was found murdered under mysterious circumstan­ces in Burj Tehal village near Rahon town of the district on Sunday at 11pm. The victim has been identified as Jasvir Kaur.

Kaur was married to Nayak Gulzar Singh who is posted at 20 Sikh regiment in Yol Cantonment at Himachal Pradesh (HP).

Based on the allegation­s of the victim’s brother, Mandeep Singh,24, of Jandoli in Patiala, the police have booked four persons including Kaur’s husband Gulzar Singh, his brother Didar Singh and two others under Sections 302 (murder), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtheranc­e of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 25 of Arms Act.

Mandeep has stated in the first informatio­n report (FIR) that his sister got married on January 19, 2012, and had two sons.

On Sunday at around 5.27am, Gulzar called and asked him to take his sister back, demanding a divorce or he will kill her.

Victim’s brother alleged that at 11pm, Gulzar called and said that Jasvir had shot herself.

Following which, Mandeep and his mother along with police reached there.

Mandeep said, “My sister was shot from a .12 bore licensed weapon. She was being harassed by her in-laws, when her husband used to be out on duty.”

Station house officer (SHO) Rahon police station Subash Bath said, “The victim’s husband has been taken into custody. Her body has been handed over to her family after conducting post-mortem at Nawanshahr civil hospital.”

The Station house officer also said that victim’s husband was on leave for his sister’s wedding. He will be produced before court on October 24.

Station house officer , Subash Bath said that the investigat­ion is on and the role of others will also be probed.

Deputy superinten­dent of police (DSP) Nawanshahr Mukhtiar Rai said, we have seized the weapon used in crime.

“The post-mortem report will clear whether it is a suicide or murder,” Mukhtiar Rai (DSP) said.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? The cops investigat­ing the spot where Jasvir Kaur(inset) was done to death at Rahon in SBS Nagar district on Monday.
HT PHOTO The cops investigat­ing the spot where Jasvir Kaur(inset) was done to death at Rahon in SBS Nagar district on Monday.

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