Punjab: Woman’s body found stuffed inside iron box, husband arrested

ASI Satpal Singh, the investigating officer in the case, said after the woman’s family could not reach Kulwinder or her husband over phone, they reached the home only to find that the gates were locked from outside. Singh said, “When they scaled the walls and reached inside, they found the doors open. They checked the rooms and found an iron box and some clothes lying outside. Upon opening the box, they found Kulwinder’s body inside. The accused apparently took out the clothes from the box and put the body inside.”

An FIR has been registered on the complaint of Ranjit Singh of Sangrur, the woman’s brother-in-law. The ASI added, “It is suspected that Jaswinder killed Kulwinder Monday night and fled.”

The couple was married for more than a decade and had no children. Kulwinder hailed from Dhuri of Sangrur district. While it was Kulwinder’s second marriage, for Jaswinder, it was his third.

The body has been sent for an autopsy at the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana. An FIR was registered against Jaswinder Singh at Payal police station.