Ludhiana News/ Murder mystery of 4-year-old girl Manpreet Kaur solved

Ludhiana, November 25, 2013: Police have solved the murder mystery of 4-year-old girl Manpreet Kaur whose body was recovered from Alamgir village.

According to police, a woman and her paramour were allegedly involved behind the murder. The accused had to take this extreme step after their plan to extort Rs. 5 lakh went wrong.

Manpreet was recently kidnapped by her neighbour, Manoj Kumar, a labourer.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) City 1, Ludhiana Nilambari Jagdale said Manoj had been arrested.

She told that during preliminary investigations, Manoj revealed that he in connivance with the deceased’s mother Sunita had murdered the girl child.

Jagdale said Sunita was Manoj’s paramour. She added Sunita had also been arrested.

The accused had confessed to their crime, the police officer claimed.

Manoj hails from Kishanganj in Bihar.

Police officer said Manoj had been residing as a tenant at the Sunita’s house in Amarpura area here. With the passage of time, both of them got indulged into illicit relationship. When Sunita’s husband learned about this relationship he turned out Manoj from his house. Later on, the Sunita’s husband disposed off his house for Rs. 15 lakh and purchased another house in Janakpuri area for Rs. 10 lakh. At a later stage, Sunita told her husband that she wanted to leave him, the police officer said. Sunita also told her husband that she wanted to live with Manoj. However, Sunita’s husband did not agree.

Then, the police officer said, both Sunita and Manoj made a conspiracy to extort money from the deceased’s father following which Manoj kidnapped Manpreet on November 23 this year. Manoj gave a call to the Sunita’s husband and informed him that Manpreet was with him. On receiving the call, the Sunita’s husband informed the police and got registered a case of kidnapping against Manoj. When the accused learnt that the police had already started investigations into the kidnapping case, they decided to eliminate Manpreet. Finally, Manoj took Manpreet to Alamgir and drowned her in a pond followed by dumping the body on a vacant plot. The body of the girl child was recovered on Sunday.