Five arrested in woman, daughter murder case

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur,June 25

On a complaint by an NRI from Qatar, the district police have arrested five persons, including three women, in a case of murder of a five-year-old girl and her mother in Qila Barun. The father of the deceased woman allegedly involved in the killings is still absconding. The suspects were produced in a court, which sent them to a two-day police remand.

SP (Headquarters) Parminder Singh informed at a press conference this evening that on June 12 in Qila Barun village, the body of Nirmal Kaur (31), wife of Amandeep Singh, was found in her house. At that time, proceedings under Section 174 were initiated on the basis of a statement by Bassi Aladin resident Karamjit Singh, the father of the deceased. During investigation, the police came to know that the said woman’s five-year-old daughter Gurleen Kaur had also died on June 5.

The SP said the statements given to the police by Karamjit Singh were not digested. Later, deceased’s husband Amandeep Singh also filed a complaint with the police, expressing apprehension over murder of his wife and daughter. A special team was formed under the leadership of DSP Jagdish Raj Attri and DSP Gurpreet Singh (including Satwinder Singh, SHO, in-charge of Sadar police station) to investigate the case.

The investigation team analysed footage of CCTV cameras installed in the village and found that on the day of the incident (June 12), Harpreet Singh, alias Goldi, his mother Nirmal Kaur, aunt Sarabjot Kaur, uncle Surjit Singh and cousin Kirandeep Kaur, all residents of Moga village in Jalandhar district, had come to Qila Barun.

During investigation, it was also found that Nirmal Kaur had extramarital relationship with Harpreet Singh. The police immediately arrested Harpreet Singh and during interrogation, he confessed his relationship with Nirmal Kaur and that she was ready to marry him, but her five-year-old daughter was the main obstacle in it, the SP said.

Both of them gave her an overdose of medicine and then took her to a hospital in Chabbewal where doctors declared her dead. Thereafter, Nirmal Kaur, along with her father, carried the body from the hospital to the cremation ground, where they cremated Gurleen. Goldi then got the property of Nirmal Kaur transferred in the name of his aunt Sarbjeet.

The suspects hid around her house in the village and then Goldi strangled Nirmal Kaur and fled. Goldi had given Nimral Kaur an overdose of drugs before strangling her. The SP said five persons, including Goldi, his mother, aunt, uncle, and cousin, had been arrested. Karamjit is on the run.