Ludhiana: 65-year-old farmer thrashes wife to death

LUDHIANA: Meherban police on Thursday evening booked a man for killing his elderly wife. The accused has been identified as 65-year-old Buland Singh, a farmer of Mangli Tanda, and the deceased as Surinder Kaur, 60.
Their son, Gurdeep Singh, said in his police complaint, “I work at a factory in Sherpur. I have three siblings: Kulwinder Singh is the eldest and an ex-serviceman, Harmesh Singh and Balwinder Kaur. My mother, a homemaker, lived with us. Our father lived in a room near our house. On Thursday, Kulwinder and I left for work in the morning. Later, my wife Manpreet Kaur called me up and said my father had thrashed my mother with a wooden rod.”
Surinder Kaur was taken to CMCH, but she succumbed to the injuries.
The police have booked the accused under Section 302 (murder) of IPC.
Meherban SHO sub-inspector Simranjit Kaur said, “The accused is yet to be arrested. The accused had subjected his wife to domestic violence earlier as well.”