Neighbour among 3 held for killing NRI woman
Sunday, 03/02/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130203/punjab.htm#2
Fatehgarh Sahib : The district police today claimed to have solved the blind murder of an NRI woman at Khamano town, with the arrest of three persons. The police recovered the scissors used in crime and the ear rings, cellphone, gas cylinder and other goods stolen from her house. One of the murderers was her neighbour. He and his wife murdered the victim for her money and gold.
Fatehgarh Sahib Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) HS Mann said one Jagjit Singh, resident of Balongi village in Mohali, had lodged an FIR with Khamano police that her grandmother, who had returned from Italy, was found murdered on January 20.
The SSP said he had entrusted the case to SP (D) Gurpreet Singh, who along with Station House Officer (SHO) Gurmeet Singh and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) constituted a team, and cracked the murder case. He said the police had arrested one Nirmal Singh, the victim’s neighbour, who admitted to killing Amarjit during questioning. The SSP said the deceased had two daughters, who were married, and her son lived in Italy. She had returned from Italy and was living alone in Khamano. He said Amarjit had given the 10 acres of land she owned on lease to Hakam Singh and Rupinder Singh. Nirmal Singh worked on the land as a labourer.
He said Nirmal Singh and his wife enjoyed a good relationship with the deceased. Mann said Nirmal Singh along with his two friends identified as Lakhbir Singh and Jagjit Singh tried to steal from the house. When Amarjit resisted, they killed her with a pair of scissors lying there. She died on the spot, he added.
Case file
Amarjit, an NRI woman from Italy, was found murdered at her house in Khamano on January 20
The police claims Nirmal Singh, the victim's neighbour, along with his two friends Lakhbir Singh and Jagjit Singh, had tried to steal things from the victim's house
When she resisted, they killed her with a pair of scissors
