82-year-old found living with dead son’s body in Mohali’s Phase-1 house

A police team later rushed to the spot and forced its way into the house and found two people inside. On checking, the team found Sukhwinder dead, and Balwant lying near his son’s body in an extremely sick condition.

Balwant was immediately taken out of the house and moved to civil hospital in Phase VI, where he was admitted for treatment, even as a separate team removed Sukhwinder’s body to the same hospital.

Later, some of Balwant’s relatives who live in Mohali’s Phase IV were informed. Kamalpreet Singh, one of the relatives that the police got in touch with, said that the father-son duo used to live alone and preferred not to stay in touch with anyone. He added that Balwant, who retired from the postal department, had adopted Sukhwinder from his sister-in-law. Sukhwinder was divorced and worked as a driver.

“They were absolutely not social and were out of touch with all their relatives. When I came to know about the incident, I rushed to the hospital where I was told that Sukhwinder was dead,” Kamalpreet said.

One of the neighbours of Balwant told The Indian Express that the last time they spotted either the father or the son outside was around four days ago.

“Today we noticed a foul smell coming out of their house. They used to stay inside their home and did not talk to anyone in the neighbourhood,” she said.

A second neighbour said that though they did not spot the father or son out often, they started getting suspicious when they failed to spot them buying vegetables or any other essentials in the last four days or so. The last time she saw them, the duo was carrying packed food with them.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Deputy Superintendent of Police (city-1) Harinder Singh Mann said that Balwant was found to be unresponsive by their team and shifted to a hospital. “He is still not in a state to tell us anything,” he said. He added that the police were in touch with some of the family members.