Pb man held for killing NRI at behest of her UK-based fiance

Charanjit Singh Grewal, 67, an Indian origin UK citizen, was booked for orchestrating the murder of a 69-year-old US-based NRI, Rupinder Kaur Pandher, after luring her to visit Punjab from Seattle on the pretext ofmarriage in July, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.

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According to the police, the main accused, Sukhjeet Singh, a resident of Kila Raipur village, has confessed to killing Kaur at the behest of Charanjit. “Sukhjeet brutally bludgeoned Rupinder witha baseball bat, killing her in cold blood at his home in Kila Raipur village on July 12,” deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Ludhiana (city), Rupinder Singh said. “After killing her, Sukhjeet burnt her body in a storeroom, stuffed the charred remains in four gunny bags, and dumped them in the drain at Ghungrana.”

Police recovered partial skeletal remains believed to be of the woman from the drain, close to Jalandhar, on Wednesday. Police said they have also recovered the victim's iPhone, which was dis-