Garhshankar: Paramour arrested for murdering woman

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, April 12

The Garhshankar police claimed to have solved the case of a woman who was found naked in the Choe near Ladhewal Gurdwara, Mahilpur, under Garhashankar subdivision by arresting an accused.

ASP Gadhashankar Tushar Gupta told the reporters this evening that the victim was identified as Seema Mohammed, a resident of ward No 6, Langeri Road, Mahilpur. After identification, the son of the deceased, Sukhdeen alias Zayed Mohammed, told the police that Seema had got divorced from her husband ten years ago and Seema Rani married a Amritsar resident young man named Rahul about four years ago. At that time, they had suspected that it was Rahul who would have killed Seema with the help of his companions.

The Mahilpur police had registered a case against Rahul and unknown under various sections on the statement of deceased’s son and the investigation of the case was ongoing. ASP Tushar Gupta said that investigations have revealed that the deceased Seema Rani had an extra marital relationship with Rampal of the same village. Rampal was questioned by the police and he confessed that Seema Rani had demanded Rs 20,000 from him. The quarrel grew to such an extent that he killed Seema with a knife and threw her body into Choe.