Punjab ex-cop in two-day police remand for wife’s murder

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 8

A retired Punjab Police head constable, who allegedly killed his 69-year-old wife, was produced in a court today and sent to two-day police remand.

The post-mortem of the victim, Kuldeep Kaur, was conducted at the Civil Hospital in Phase 6. The police have sent viscera samples for a forensic examination.

Sources said there were injury marks on the chest, one side of the head and neck. The injury mark on the head was due to a blunt object. There are strangulation-like marks on the neck. The nature of injury in the chest was not clear yet, said sources.

The suspect, Kartar Singh Riar (70), allegedly killed his wife by repeatedly banging her head against the floor at their house in Phase XI yesterday morning. The suspect was arrested two hours later. He was sitting near the body.

The couple had strained relations for a long time, the police said. Presently, the victim was staying with his son in Sector 66 while the suspect was living in his Phase XI house. The incident took place when the latter had called the former to his house to sort out the issue.

In 2017, Kartar had shot at his brother-in-law Tirlok Singh over a familial discord. He had recently come out of jail on parole in the attempt to murder case. The police said the victim was a witness in the case, which led to further bitterness between the couple.