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- Rupinder Kaur Pandher, 71, was killed in Ludhiana in July
- A typist at a local court killed her at the behest of 75-year-old Charanjit Singh Grewal, a UK-based NRI
- Police said the typist has been arrested and Grewal, who is abroad, has been charged in the case
Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The UK-based NRI who ordered the murder of a 71-year-old US citizen of Indian origin had met her on a matrimonial site and had promised her killer Rs 50 lakh and a new life abroad, police have said.
Rupinder Kaur Pandher, 71, had seen 75-year-old Charanjit Singh Grewal's profile on a matrimonial site and the two began talking. Pandher, who lived in Seattle, was involved in a property dispute and Grewal offered to help and got her in touch with Sukhjeet Singh, a resident of Kila Raipur in Ludhiana Patti, who was a typist in a local court.
Police said that as the two grew closer, Grewal asked Pandher, who had been married twice earlier, to marry her and, later, made her transfer large sums of money to him. He then asked her to come to Ludhiana, where he is originally from, in July and made her stay with Singh, who was helping her with the legal matter.
Grewal, who wanted to keep the money he had got from Pandher but was not interested in marrying her, promised Singh he would give him Rs 50 lakh and help him settle abroad if he killed her, officials said.
They said Singh repeatedly hit Pandher with a baseball bat at his home until she died, burned her body and dumped it in a drain on July 18. He also damaged her phone.
Pandher's sister, Kamal Kaur Khairah, tried calling her on July 24 and grew suspicious when she could not reach her. She informed the US embassy in India, which alerted the police.
After they began investigations, police learned that Pandher had been staying at Singh's house. Singh broke down under questioning and confessed to killing Pandher and getting his house painted after the crime to avoid suspicion.
Based on the information given by Singh, the police also recovered parts of Pandher's skeleton from the drain where he had dumped her burnt body.
"Singh has been arrested and Grewal, who is abroad, has been charged in the murder case," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Rupinder Singh.
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