Youth found dead at female friend’s house

A 20-year-old youth was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Thursday at the house of his female friend in Batala district.

“Lukmania village resident Harpreet Singh was found dead at the house of a girl in Fattupur village by his father,Gurmeet Singh,who reached the house with Lukmania sarpanch,after he learned that Harpreet was lying motionless,” said Kulwant Singh,SHO,Kotli Surat Malhi. The police registered a case. The body was cremated on Thursday.

“The girl,with whom he had an affair,said in her statement to the police that Harpreet was pressurising her to elope with him,and hanged himself after she refused,” the SHO said,adding that the girl’s father and brother were away in Anandpur Sahib when Harpreet came to the girl’s house.