NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have arrested one accused in a case of murdering by burning five members of a family.
Mehat Pur Station House Officer (SHO) Balraj Singh said that the accused has been identified as Kulwindar Singh son of Chhiman Singh a resident of Hujra village under Laddo Wal police station in Ludhiana.
SHO said that the main accused in this case identified as Kuldip Singh alias Kali son of Jogindar Singh a resident of Khurshaid Pur village committed suicide by hanging himself with a tree near Dhusi Bandh of Sutlej River.
He said that Sidham Bet police station SHO Sunil Kumar told him that the police reached the spot and recovered the body and sent it for postmortem to Jagraon civil hospital.
SHO said that the arrested accused has confessed his crime and told the police he along with the deceased Kuldip Singh and three other accomplices has
sprayed petrol in the room of Surjan Singh a resident of Beetlan village on Monday very early morning when all five members of the family were asleep, set it on fire, and locked the door from outside, leaving them inside to die.
SHO said the victims include Paramjit Kaur (28), her son Anmol (5), daughter Arshdeep (7), father Surjan Singh (58), and mother Jogindero Bai (54).
Lakhwindar Singh son of Eshar Singh a resident of Beetlan village has complained to the police that his niece Paramjit was married to the accused after the death of her husband and had two children but the accused was a drug addict and used to beat his wife and stepchildren often and Paramjit Kaur left his husband's house and came to her parents’ house.
Lakhwindar Singh said that the accused visited Beetlan village in an inebriated condition and threatened to kill all of them if Paramjit Kaur do not accompany him.
He told the police that on October 18 at around 2.20 AM his dog started barking and he came outside and saw some unidentified persons standing there in front of his brother Surjan Singh house and accused Kali was holding a spray pump on his back and others were armed with weapons.
Lakhwindar Singh said that he heard crying from a room of his brother where all were sleeping, and fire flames were seen from the window the accused locked his room from outside and uttered that he has performed his act and that if anybody can save him, he should do it and fled away.
He said that he cried for help and opened the room of his brother Surjan Singh and saw all burning in fire adding that his niece Param Jit Kaur told him that the accused sprayed oil at them and set them afire.
Lakhwindar Singh said that his sister-in-law Jogindar Kaur and Anmol son of Paramjit died on that spot and his brother Surjan Singh, niece, and her daughter was rushed to Nakodar civil hospital from where they were referred to Jalandhar civil hospital where his brother and niece and her daughter succumbed to injuries.
SHO said a case under sections 302(murder) 307 (attempt to murder) 436 (mischief by fire) 506(criminal intimidation) 120-B (criminal conspiracy) 427 (mischief ) and 148 and 149 of the IPC was registered against the accused and raids are being conducted to nab three absconding accused.