Three of family found dead

Tarn Taran, December 2

Three members of a family of the local Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar died under mysterious circumstances today. The deceased have been identified as Geetinder Kaur (35), her mother Pritam Kaur (60) and her daughter Gurnoor Kaur (10).

Geetinder was a Roadways employee, posted at the local depot. Gurnoor was her daughter from her first marriage. They were taken to the local Civil Hospital in a serious condition by Rajbir Singh, Geetinder’s husband. The doctors there referred all of them to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, where they were declared brought dead.

DSP Sucha Singh Bal said the bodies had been sent to the Civil Hospital for postmortem. Poisonous pills were found from one of the deceased's body. The police are waiting for the parents of Geetinder, who were to come from Malout, to initiate further proceeding, he said.

Rajbir Singh said it was a case of suicide. The police probe is on. — OC