Charges framed against wife, 3 others

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20

A local court today framed charges against four persons, including a 31-year-old woman, who hired three students to murder her husband, a Punjab Police commando, with the desire of getting married to a man settled in Tehran whom she had met on a social networking site.

They have been charged under Sections 363 (kidnapping), 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC. The court has fixed November 9 as the next date of hearing in the case.

Victim Jasvir Singh’s wife Sukhdeep Kaur had hired a youth for murdering her husband. The youth further hired two persons. The deal was struck for Rs 5 lakh, of which Rs 1 lakh was paid to the accused.

Jasvir, a resident of Raipur Khurd, Chandigarh, had gone missing under mysterious circumstances on March 3. The matter was reported to the Mauli Jagran police on March 5. During the investigation, Sukhdeep had come under suspicion and was arrested on April 17. On the disclosure made by her, Sahib Singh, a resident of Rajpura, who was arrested earlier and lodged in the Patiala jail, was brought on a production warrant. During interrogation, Sahib Singh disclosed that he, along with Gurjinder Singh, alias Neeta, and Jagtar Singh, both from Rajpura, threw the policeman into the Bhakra canal near Mandouli village. The policeman’s wife had mixed sleeping pills in his food, after which they had tied his hands.  The two were also arrested by the police. 

Wanted to marry Tehran man

Sukhdeep had an extra-marital affair with Harjit Singh, who was working in Tehran. She had met him on a social networking site and wanted to marry him. She had not told him that she was already married and had a child. She got her husband murdered to get married to Harjit.