Raghbir Singh Brar
Faridkot
Kotkapura sub division police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested Jaspreet Singh alias Shaktiman, a resident of village Khara,under Sadar police station Kotkapura,who was the main accused in the murder case of his wife Gagandeep Kaur.
The police had registered a case of murder and criminal conspiracy on the complaint of Baltej Singh, a resident of Kothe Bahman Wale on Monday against Jaspreet Singh, his brother Sukhwant Singh, father Mohinder Singh and mother Charanjeet Kaur under section 103(1),61 of BNS at Sadar police station Kotkapura.
“We have arrested the main accused JAspreet Singh alias Shaktiman and shall nab others too soon. The police had taken swift action and registered a case and began investigation into the case soon after the murcer,” said JAtinder Singh DSP Kotkapura in a press note to the media today.
The complainant had alleged that her sister Gagandeep Kaur married to Jaspreet Singh about 17 years ago and there was a family dispute.
“My sister often complained of thrashing and misbehavior by her in-laws. Yesterday, I was informed by my sister that his husband, with a conspiracy of his whole family, wanted to sell the earth from their agricultural land,which she opposed. But soon after, I was informed that my sister was killed. When I reached the spot, I found the dead body of my sister in the agriculture land belonging to the family near Kothe Melke situated in village Khara.
The victim, a mother of two sons, ageing 3 and 13, was allegedly strangled by her dupatta in the fields.
The family of the accused belongs to the small farmers, and it has been learnt that their land was high and failed to get canal water. So, they wanted to sell earth from the land to lower its level while the victim was vehemently opposing this move.