3 min readMohaliJun 29, 2023 12:38 AM IST
First published on: Jun 28, 2023 at 04:45 PM IST
A woman among six people were arrested in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district for their involvement in the murder of a man who was allegedly killed on June 19. According to the police, the main accused, on whose name an insurance was to be issued, got the man killed in order to fake his own death.
The arrested were identified as Gurpreet Singh, his wife Khushdeep Kaur and their accomplices Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspal Singh, Dinesh Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Sharma.
Fatehgarh Sahib Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Ravjot Kaur Grewal said that on June 19, the victim, Sukhjeet Singh, a resident of Sanipur village, had gone missing following which, his wife and parents lodged a complaint with the police. The SSP added, “During the search, his motorcycle, mobile phone and slippers were found near the Sirhind canal, pointing at a possible suicide.”
Grewal further said, “During the course of investigation, we found out that a person named Gurpreet Singh, who was suspected to be with Sukhjeet on the day of his disappearance, had died in an accident near Basantpura in Rajpura town. Although an FIR was lodged under Section 304-A (death due to negligence) at Rajpura (sadar) police station on June 20, his body was hastily cremated and the ashes disposed of. This raised suspicion.”
The SSP added, “A team led by Deputy SP Gurbans Singh started questioning Gurpreet’s family members who finally revealed that they killed Sukhjeet.”
“Gurpreet was under huge debt as had suffered losses in his business. He ran a franchise of a food chain but his business failed. To repay the loans, Gurpreet and his wife along with their accomplices hatched a plan to stage Gurpreet’s death in order to claim life insurance and accident insurance benefits,” Grewal said.
The SSP disclosed that during the investigation, it came to light that Gurpreet first bought a life insurance and accidental insurance policies worth Rs 4 crore and paid the first instalments. After paying the first instalment, Gurpreet befriended Sukhjeet and hatched a plan with the others to murder him.
The SSP further said, “On June 19, the accused offered Sukhjeet drinks mixed with 30 mg Morphine tablets, rendering him unconscious. Subsequently, they transported him in a car, changed his clothes and placed his body on the slip road near Basantpura in Rajpura. To ensure that the body is hard to identify, they intentionally crushed it with a truck, causing extensive facial damage. A hit-and-run case was registered where Sukhjeet was falsely identified as Gurmeet and the body was cremated.”
The police seized a bike, a truck and a car which were used by the culprits to commit the crime. An FIR under Section 346 (wrongful confinement in secret) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Sirhind police station.
The police seized a bike, a truck and a car which were used by the culprits to commit the crime. (File/ Representational) 
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