Chandigarh: Police have initiated the process of issuing a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Canada-based accused Sukhwinder Singh Sukha in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer Inder Kaur in Ludhiana.
Investigators said several crucial pieces of evidence have been recovered in the case, which could help bring the accused back from Canada to India. Police are also examining multiple links connected to Nepal as part of the ongoing investigation into the conspiracy and involvement of other suspects.
Meanwhile, the postmortem report of the singer has revealed that Inder Kaur suffered two bullet injuries. One bullet pierced through the right side of her chest, while another was found lodged in her forehead.
According to police investigations, Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha Brar allegedly murdered the singer after she refused to marry him. Police said the accused shot her inside a car near the Neelo canal bridge close to Samrala in Ludhiana district before dumping her body into the canal. Her Ford Figo car was also allegedly thrown into the canal near Rampur village in an attempt to destroy evidence.
Inder Kaur’s body was later recovered by Samrala Police from the canal near a closed toll plaza, where it had become trapped in a dry tree nearly 50 metres away from the roadside. Her vehicle was recovered around seven kilometres away near Rampur village by Jamalpur Police.
Locals told police that the isolated canal route is rarely used, especially at night, and suggested that the accused were likely familiar with the area beforehand.
Police said that on the night of May 13, around 8:30 pm, Inder Kaur had left home in her white Ford Figo to buy groceries. Around 9 pm, the accused allegedly called her to the Neelo canal bridge, where he, along with his father Pritam Singh and associates Karamjit Singh and Ravinder Singh Ravi, was already waiting.
Police alleged that the group kidnapped the singer at gunpoint along with her car before shooting her dead and dumping the body in the canal.
The body, which remained in water for nearly six days, had swollen significantly, making recovery difficult for police teams. Officers reportedly had to wear medical gloves while retrieving the body from the canal.
Investigators also noted that no blood stains or signs of struggle were found near the recovery site, suggesting the murder may have taken place elsewhere before the body was disposed of.
