Man kills wife in Lalru, hides body in cupboard

Tribune News Service

Lalru, June 22

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband and her body dumped in a cupboard in the house in Ward No. 8, Lalru Mandi, the police said. The murder was committed on June 20 and the body of Rama Rani was found in the house a day later after her father complained to the police that his daughter was untraceable.

The police arrested taxi driver Jasbir Singh, aged around 40 and a resident of Masingan village in Patiala. He will be produced in a court tomorrow.

According to a statement of the deceased’s father, Rambalak Pal, a native of Unao in UP, the couple was having a strained relationship as the suspect doubted the character of the woman.

The couple was married 10 years ago and had two daughters. The deceased used to work in a factory. The suspect, a resident of Ward No. 8 near Mittal Palace, allegedly strangled his wife to death after a domestic dispute and hid the body in the cupboard.

Mohali SP (Rural) Ravjot Grewal said, ‘’The police found the body of Rama Rani with injury marks on her neck and froth in her mouth. A case was registered under Section 302 against suspect Jasbir Singh on June 21 and the body handed over to her kin after a postmortem.”