Ludhiana News/Police solve murder mystery of cloth merchant Sudhir Girdhar

Ludhiana, December 1, 2013: Police have solved the murder mystery of local cloth merchant Sudhir Girdhar who was killed on November 28 night.

The deceased’s wife Neena was injured seriously in the incident.

Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Commissioner of Police Ludhiana Nirmal Singh Dhillon said during police investigations Neena informed the police that their former servant Naveen Kumar alias Chhotu- a resident of Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) was behind the incident. On receiving this information, police at a nakabandi held in the Sherpur Chowk area arrested the accused. Naveen had been working at shop of the deceased about 7-8 months ago. Presently, the accused had been working in a shop nearing to Girdhar.

The accused told the police that he had killed the deceased due to personal revenge. He further told the police that the deceased had allegedly been using abusive language for him after he left job at his shop. He said he kept all these remarks in his heart and finally decided to take a revenge from Girdhar. On November 28 night, he trespassed into the premises of Girdhar and hide him behind car. Girdhar returned at home at around 8 pm and knocked the entrance. In reply, Girdhar’s wife Neena opened the door. Naveen immediately pushed the door following which both Girdhar and his wife fell down.

Naveen hit on head of Neena with a statue, resulting to which Neena lost her senses. Then Naveen took Girdhar to bathroom and strangled him to death on the spot. After sometime when Neena returned to her senses she scuffled with Naveen. The latter took the former to kitchen. There, Naveen assaulted on neck of Neena with a knife, resulting to which latter sustained serious injuries and got unconscious again. Naveen considered that Neena had died but she survived during treatment in a private hospital.

Naveen ransacked the house, stole cash worth Rs.7,000 and a gold ear ring. He wanted to give an impression to the police and the relatives of the deceased that the incident was an outcome of “loot”. Police would seek police remand for further investigations.