love affair on Facebook

A love affair that blossomed while chatting on Facebook ended up claiming a life and landing three people behind bars. Unearthing a murder mystery, police on Thursday said Sukhdeep Kaur, 32, of Mullanpur Dhaka conspired to kill her husband with Karamjeet Singh, a man she met and fell in love with on Facebook. She confessed to the crime during interrogation.


SSP (Ludhiana rural) Gurpreet Singh Toor said Amarjeet Singh, 36, was killed on May 11 around midnight with sharp-edged weapons and his body was abandoned in Sohian village of the district. ''Sukhdeep said she had heard a lot about Facebook and asked a friend to open an account for her too. She started chatting and met Karamjeet. They exchanged phone numbers and had an affair. Confessing to the crime, Sukhdeep, who has studied till Class VIII, said she had hatched the murder plan with her lover and his friend Satnaam Singh, residents of Mandi Gobindgarh of Fatehgarh Sahib district. " said Toor.

According to police on May 11, Sukhdeep brought her husband and son to Ludhiana on the pretext of getting the latter treated at an eye hospital. At the hospital she introduced her lover Karamjeet and his friend as relatives to her husband. She then asked them to take her husband to her village claiming that it will take time at the hospital.

''The deceased agreed to go with the accused in their car. When they were on the way to Mullanpur the accused stopped at a tavern where they offered laced liquor to Amarjeet. When he fell unconscious after having the liquor they took him to an isolated spot and stabbed him with a knife. The accused then fled with the deceased's gold bracelet, ring and chain and wallet that had Rs 20,000 in cash,'' said Toor, adding that according to preliminary investigation Karamjeet is a kabbadi player.

Police have arrested all the accused and registered a case against them.