Kurali murder was love triangle gone wrong: Mohali police

The woman, a widow, had left the youth for another man; dejected, he first killed her at her house on Saturday morning and then hanged himself from a tree, said Mohali SSP Vivek Sheel Soni

The 25-year-old man, who was found hanging from a tree in Kurali’s Barodi village on Sunday, was the one who murdered the 40-year-old woman found dead in the village a day before, police probe has established.

The woman was found dead outside her house in Kurali’s Barodi village on Saturday morning with deep wounds inflicted by a sharp-edged weapon. (iStock)

“It’s a case of love triangle gone wrong. The woman, a widow, had left the youth for another man. Dejected, he first killed her at her house on Saturday morning and then hanged himself from a tree,” said Vivek Sheel Soni, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Mohali.

The woman, Harjinder Kaur, lived with her two minor children, a boy and a girl, at the village after the death of her husband seven years ago.

She was found dead outside her house on Saturday morning with deep wounds inflicted by a sharp-edged weapon and a day later, the youth was found hanging from a tree, with a motorcycle parked nearby.

A police official, privy to the investigation, said during probe, police examined their call details and found both had spoken on phone before the woman’s murder, and the youth had a tattoo of the woman’s name on his arm.