Woman axed to death publicly near Ludhiana
Ludhiana, May 28, 2017: A married woman was murdered in full public view by a youth in village Kila Raipur on Ludhiana district on Sunday.
The police have arrested the accused youth identified as Amarinder Singh (24) under section 302 of the IPC, said Harjinder Singh, SHO police station, Dehlon.
The accused killed Sarabjit Kaur (40) with a sharp-edged weapon in the afternoon in the street close to her house. She died on the spot.
The video of the gruesome murder was recorded on the mobile phone and went viral soon after the murder.
According to preliminary investigation, the accused allegedly had illicit relations with another married woman in the mohalla where the deceased lived.
The deceased had been objecting to the visits by the accused to their mohalla. The accused allegedly took the extreme step to silence her.