Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 15

Worsts fear of Ramandeep Kaur’s family have come true after the police have found in their investigation that she along with her 2-month-old daughter were strangled to death by her live-in partner. Cops said later their bodies were disposed of in a canal.

Ramandeep (45) and her daughter had been missing from February. Family members of the victim had filed a complaint with the police on May 13 while a case of kidnapping was registered on July 12 following a preliminary probe.

Now, the police have added sections of murder and disappearance of evidence against Ramandeep’s live-in partner Sandeep Singh (28), who was arrested by the police from Guru Ki Wadali.

Mohkampura police station SHO Sukhdev Singh said Sandeep along with his father Mukhtar Singh had killed the duo. He said raids were on to nab Mukhtar.

Complainant Sukhwinder Kaur, a resident of Nangali village, had told the police that the victim got separated from her husband Ranjit Singh, a resident of Ghanupur Kale village, after 17 years of marriage from which the couple had three children. Four years ago, Ranjit constructed his house in Guru Ki Wadali and shifted with his family. She said Ramandeep came in contact with Sandeep. In 2019, the accused made illicit relations with her and both of them started living in Faizpura.

She said she along with her relative met Ramandeep and tried convincing her to return to her, but she refused. She said during this time, she gave a birth to a baby girl and shifted to Jaura Fatak area.

The complainant said Ramandeep called her aunt and informed her about this, but this did not go down well with Sandeep, who deleted all her contacts from her mobile and since then, she was not in touch with anyone.

The SHO said the accused killed the duo in February. Ramandeep had given birth to a baby girl in December 2020. She was insisting the accused to marry her and legalised their relationship, however, Sandeep was not ready for this and decided to kill them, said the police.