Abohar, November 11
A woman along with her son, allegedly killed her husband a few days back in Bahawalbasi village. The duo buried the body by digging a pit in the house and got a brick-floor built to cover the pit.
Preliminary investigation indicated that Makhan Singh of Bahawalbasi village suspected his wife Charanjit Kaur of being in an illicit relationship over which they used to quarrel. She killed her husband with the help of their son Jashan, alias Pradeep, and buried the body in the house after digging a pit . Later, she lodged a missing report with the police.
As villagers suspected foul play, the police secretly carried out an investigation and cracked the crime today. The police removed the floor bricks and found a mutilated body, which will be taken to GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, for an autopsy.
Sadar police station in-charge Barjinder Singh said a case had been registered under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the IPC against the mother-son duo.
