Panjab University professor’s wife found murdered on campus

Chandigarh, November 5

A 59-year-old woman was reportedly found murdered at her house on the Panjab University (PU) campus here on Diwali morning.

The deceased has been identified as Seema Goyal, wife of Bharat Bhushan Goyal, a professor in the University Business School, PU. It was Bharat Bhushan’s second marriage.

On getting information, the police reached the house and found her hands and legs tied with a cloth. There was an injury mark on the back of her head, said sources.

A case was registered against unknown persons under Section 302 of the IPC at the Sector 11 police station.

Sources said the mobile phone and some cash of the deceased were missing since the incident. However, her gold chain was intact.

The police said a call was received by the Police Control Room that a woman was lying unconscious on the PU campus with her hands and legs tied. She was shifted to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 where doctors declared her brought dead.

The police recorded the statement of the victim’s husband.

Bharat Bhushan stated that the victim, a housewife, was sleeping in a bedroom on the ground floor while he was at the first floor of the house. Around 7:31am on Thursday, he received a call on his mobile phone from the milkman who told him that he had kept the milk packets at the main gate.

The victim’s husband went to the ground floor and tried to open the main door but failed to do so. Then, he went to pick the packets from the other door and found the main door locked from outside. He entered the bedroom on the ground floor and found his wife lying unconscious on the bed. Both her hands and legs were tied with a piece of cloth, he stated.

The police have questioned domestic helps in connection with the incident.

The post-mortem of the deceased was conducted and the body handed over to her legal heirs for the last rites.

The investigation in the case was in progress, the police said.

The incident took place on the rear of the PU Vice-Chancellor’s residence, which has round-the-clock security. — TNS