Ludhiana: Day after, murdered woman identified

LUDHIANA: The police have identified the woman who was found murdered near Rudra Enclave, Kanganwal, on Tuesday.
Ranju Devi, 35, hailed from Bihar and lived in a rented accommodation in New Samrat Colony, Kanganwal, with her 15-year-old daughter. Her husband lived in Bihar. She and her daughter worked as labourers, said cops on Wednesday.
Additional deputy commissioner of police-II Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said, “On June 7 evening, Ranju told her daughter that she was going out to get her Aadhaar card made. However, she did not return home. As her daughter is a teenager, she did not lodge a police complaint. The next morning, Ranju’s body was found wrapped in four sacks at a vacant plot.”
“Her hands and feet were tied up. Besides a head injury, Ranju’s throat was slit with a sharp-edged weapon. The police have contacted her husband and family in Bihar. We are probing illicit relation angle too,” the ADCP added.
On June 8, a morning walker had spotted her body wrapped in four gunny bags and sounded the police.