Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 22

The Amritsar (rural) police have nabbed the prime suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Amanpreet Kaur of Ganda Singh Wala who was found shot dead at Pandori Waraich village on May 13.

Amritpal Singh was produced before a court, which sent him to two-day police remand. The police had also recovered the car which was used in the crime. The accused had left the weapon used in the crime on the body of the deceased.

Yaadwinder Singh, Station House Officer of Kamboh police station, said Amritpal was nabbed on late Friday evening. He had procured the illegal weapon from Uttar Pradesh. He said the victim used to work in a salon at Pandori village. She was married to an auto-rickshaw driver and the couple had a son.

On the day of murder, she told her brother that she would arrive late as she was going to attend some customers after the saloon closes. However, she did not return till late evening. Efforts to locate her also remained unfruitful. Next morning her body was found in Pandori Waraich village. She was shot in the chest and she died on the spot.

On the statement of her father Jasbir Singh, the Kamboh police have registered a murder case against unknown persons.

The SHO said as per the police probe she had been working at a salon near Pandori village bus stand for the last three years. He said preliminary probe revealed that Amritpal had developed a relation with Amanpreet around three months ago. She had been calling him from different phones. “We are suspecting some blackmailing angle in the case. Amritpal will be brought on police remand for further interrogation,” he said.