Ludhiana: Two days after a couple were found murdered at their house in Lakha village of Jagraon, police are groping in the dark.
Multiple police teams have been constituted to crack the case.Shanti Devi, 81, was found murdered on June 22.
A day after, the body of her husband, Hari Chand (85), was found buried at the back of his house.Raikot DSP Sukhnaz Singh said, “We have constituted two to three teams to solve the case.”Police said they have questioned relatives of the deceased.
“Robbery does not seem to be the motive as gold jewellery and cash were not stolen.
No CCTV cameras are installed at the house.
We scrutinized the footage of a camera installed at some distance, but it gave no clue.
Property angle and previous enmity are being investigated,” said a cop.The couple’s post-mortem underlined brutal murder.Their son Pawan Kumar, 59, of Preet Nagar in Moga, had told the police, “Of my three siblings, my younger brother Kuldeep Kumar lives in Finland.
My sister Parveen Rani started living with our parents 17 years ago following issues with her in-laws.
My second sister Anita Sharma is married to my namesake and resides in Moga.”On June 21, Parveen had gone to Anita’s place to get vaccinated against Covid.
“On June 22 at 5.30pm when Parveen and Anita, along with her husband, reached home in Lakha, they found our mother dead and father missing.
Killers had hit our mother in the face with rods.
We looked for our father everywhere, but to no avail,” he added.
During investigation, police found the body of Hari Chand buried at the rear of his house.