In a ghastly crime, five of a family were charred to death during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday after a man set his wife, two step children and parents-in-law on on fire in village Bithlan , district Jalandhar.
The victims include Paramjit Kaur (28), her son Gurmohal Singh (5), daughter Arshdeep Kaur (7), father Surjan Singh (58) and mother Joginder Bai (54).
Lakhwinder Singh, brother of deceased Surjan Singh, said it was the second marriage of his niece. The accused used to beat up his wife and stepchildren often. He had been insisting that she should leave behind her children with her parents and come with him. Lakhwinder said he heard the screams from the house of his brother.
On the basis of CCTV footage, police has arrested some accomplices of the main accused. the prime accused is expected to be nabbed soon. In the footage, we could see men coming on bikes, unloading the items they needed, returning and then coming again on foot. A case of murder has been registered.
