In a major breakthrough for the Punjab Police, the sensational triple murder case in New Janakpuri, Salem Tabri area in Ludhiana has been solved in less than 12 hours time and the neighbor was turned out to be the murderer of the gruesome incident. DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Saturday took to his Twitter handle and congratulated Ludhiana Police for carrying out the investigation in a highly professional manner and cracking the case in less than 12 hours. DGP Punjab wrote, "In a major breakthrough, @Ludhiana_Police has solved a sensational triple murder case in less than 12 hrs with arrest of the accused..An elderly couple & their aged mother were found murdered in Salem Tabri #Ludhiana, accused tried to destroy evidence & burn the dead bodies..The investigation has been carried out in a professional & scientific manner to solve the case..@PunjabPoliceInd.. is committed to make #Punjab crime-free as per the vision of CM @BhagwantMann."
In a major breakthrough, @Ludhiana_Police has solved a sensational triple murder case in less than 12 hrs with arrest of the accused
— DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) July 8, 2023
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Ludhiana Triple Murder Case Solved
Coming to the case, Ludhiana Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu addressing the media revealed that one of the neighbours, who had been nursing grudges (personal enmity) against the family following a verbal spat, had murdered the three senior citizens. The Police informed that the neighbour had thought that the family may have a lot of cash stored at home as they seemed well-off and had four sons settled abroad. Notably, Ludhiana Police have arrested the neighbour and his accomplices.
The Police further informed that the killers had conspired to make this massacre look like an accident. After murdering them, the neighbour left the domestic gas cylinder open inside the house and lit incense sticks. Their conspiracy was that after the gas leaked, the incense stick would catch fire and after the explosion, the house would catch fire. In which the bodies of all three will be burnt, then it will not be a murder but an accident. However, the gas leakage did not reach the incense stick and the murder case came to light.
For those who are unaware, a man, his wife, and his elderly mother were found dead at their residence by the Police on Friday. All the deceased were identified as Chamal Lal, (70), his wife Surinder Kaur (65) and his mother Bibi Jeeto (95). As per the Police, Chamal and Surinder had four sons who are settled abroad. The matter came to light when a milkman did not get any response from the family and therefore he raised an alarm by urging locals to inquire. Ludhiana's Joint Commissioner of Police, Saumya Mishra was quoted saying that the main entrance of the house was closed while the door of the room, where the bodies were found was found opened. Notably, the three bodies were found lying in a pool of blood at the house and as per initial investigation, it seemed that all the deceased have sustained head injuries.