Honour killing: Father-in-law held

Kamikar Singh Dhillon has been arrested in Canada in connection with murder of his daughter-in-law Amandeep Kaur Dhillon.

Kamikar Singh Dhillon has 47 been arrested in Canada in connection with murder of his daughter-in-law Amandeep Kaur Dhillon. Amandeep was found stabbed to death in the family-run grocery store Airport Foods in Malton,near Mississauga,Ontario,on the morning of January 1. Kamikar would be produced in the Brampton court on Wednesday to be formally charged with first degree murder.

Even though the Homicide Squad of Peel Police,which is investigating the murder of the 22-year-old,has so far not stated anything conclusive about the motive behind the murder,leading Canadian English daily The Toronto Sun quoted sources as saying that it could be a case of honour killing.

In Punjab,the relatives of Amandeep,who hail from Isru village in Ludhiana,alleged that she was murdered by her in-laws so that the loans for their home and store,taken jointly in the name of Amandeep and her husband Gurinder Singh Dhillon in Canada,could get waived off.

As per rules in Canada,one can avail loan insurance if one of the joint borrowers dies and the loan is waived off, Amandeeps cousin Kirandeep,a Permanent Resident of Canada who is on a visit to India these days,told The Indian Express on Wednesday,alleging that Amandeep had been eliminated for the same reason.

Kirandeep,who is a resident of Brampton,claimed that Amandeep had shared her sorrows with her Kirandeep when she met her about six months back.

She told me that she was under the constant surveillance of her father-in-law,who did not allow her to go anywhere alone. She also told me that she was not even allowed to make telephone calls, said Kirandeep.

Amandeeps family is taking care of her son Manmohan Singh,who will turn two in March this year. Amandeep had migrated to Canada in 2005 after her marriage to Gurinder. Her family alleges that they gave cash running into lakhs of rupees to Amandeeps in-laws,besides spending lakhs on the marriage,which was solemnized in November 2005.

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We have told the Canadian investigating officials,who called us,that Amandeep is likely to have been murdered by her in-laws so that they may get the loans waived off, Amandeep Singhs uncle Nirmal Singh told this correspondent over phone from Isru village. We also do not rule out the possibility of Gurinders involvement in the murder, added Nirmal Singh.

Nirmal claimed that as per the information he received from Canada,the surveillance camera records had provided vital clues leading to the arrest of Kamikar Singh.