Three cases of murder in less than two weeks in the district.
Faridkot
Piara Singh son of Gurdeep Singh,50,a resident of village Dhab Sher Singh Wala ,police station Sadiq,was murdered on the intervening night of August 10/11.
The incident of murder came into the light at about 7.30 AM this morning.
The victim's head was bludgeoned with two weapons,a sharp edged and a blunt weapon.
"The victim was living in the farms outside the village.He was a nice man and had 6 daughters.3 of them have been married and he stayed with unmarried three daughters and his wife.On the fateful night of his murder,he was alone in the house becasue his daughters and wife had gone to village Chait Singh Wala to meet one of his daughter who was expecting a baby,"said a local speaking to the media.
"We learnt about the incident at about 7.45 am when his wife came to her house and found his husband murdered.We then informed the SHO Sadiq,"the villager said.
"We were informed about the incident in the morning and our police parties,along with the forensic team and dog squad rushed to the spot.The victim was attacked on head by a blunt and sharp edged weapon.His deadbody was lying in the poll of blood.A case in this regards being registered and deadbody of the victim has been sent for postmortem.We are working hard and expect to crack the case soon,"said Shamsher Singh Shergill,DSP sub division Faridkot.
It is pertinent mention that this is the 3rd murder in less than two weeks.
Earlier,one Jasmeet Singh alias Jassa was allegedly got murdered by his wife and the police had arrested his wife,lover and two of his accomplices cracking the case.
Then a 45 years old woman from village Aukakh was murdered in broadday light by her lover,angered after the woman rejected his advances.
This is the third case of murder in the district.