LUDHIANA: Sahnewal police, on Friday, claimed to have solved the Kanganwal murder case with the arrest of a man and his son.
The body of Ranju Devi, 40, of New Samrat Colony, was found in four gunny bags at a plot in Kanganwal on June 8.
Her hands and feet were tied up.
Police said the woman had illicit relations with the man.
Dalip Kumar, 45, a labour contractor, and his 19-year-old son who is a Class XII student were nabbed near Jaspal Bangar.
A kitchen knife and a two-wheeler used to execute the crime have been recovered.
Additional deputy commissioner of police-II Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said, “Ranju had divorced her husband years ago and was living here with her 15-year-old daughter.
Dalip and Ranju were in a relationship for the past 10 years.
Dalip helped Ranju build her house.
She was asking him to furnish it too.
Due to the lockdown, Dalip was facing financial problems and could not help her.
This led to frequent fights between the two.
Therefore, Dalip decided to eliminate Ranju and took his son’s help to execute his plan.” “Dalip’s four daughters and wife work as domestic helps.
They leave for work in the morning and return late in the evening.
On June 7, Dalip called Ranju to his house.
His son hit Ranju with a baseball bat and she lost consciousness.
Thereafter, Dalip slit her throat with a kitchen knife.
The duo wrapped her body in gunny bags and dumped it at the vacant plot,” he added.
Sahnewal SHO sub-inspector Balwinder Singh said, “Dalip’s wife was unaware of her husband’s illicit relationship.
Other than his son, nobody from his family knew that Ranju was killed at their house.”