A recently married woman was found dead at her residence in local Urban Estate today and police arrested her husband and his driver on charges of murder.
Vikas Nanda and his driver Vicky were arrested for the murder of Vikas's wife Harpreet Kaur (26) who was found dead this morning by her mother Kamaljit Kaur, police said.
According to the police, the duo had given Harpreet celphos tablets, a packet of which was found at the scene, and made it look like a suicide.
Vikas was a travel agent who ran an immigration services office in Phillaur. Harpreet worked there and both developed a relationship and got married a fortnight back.
Police said ten days ago, a theft had taken place in Harpreet's parents house in Onkar Nagar. Rs 1 lakh cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh were stolen. Harpreet suspected Nanda to be behind the theft, and asked him to return the cash and jewellery to her parents.
Miffed over this, Nanda, along with Vicky, murdered Harpreet, police said, adding that they were arrested and charged under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC.
