Married woman found murdered in posh locality

Amritsar, August 23

A married woman identified as Shelly Arora was found murdered in posh locality of Sahibzada Jhujhar Singh Avenue located on the airport road here on Friday. She was alone at home when unknown miscreants entered the house and killed her.

The incident came to light when victim’s maid arrived at the house and did not get any response from inside after repeated knocks on the door. She informed neighbours who entered victim’s house after scaling the gate. They found Shelly’s body lying in a pool of blood. They immediately called her husband Kaushal Arora, a bank employee, who had gone to his office as per routine.

After receiving information, the police reached the spot and started investigation. Forensic teams were also called at the spot to look for clues. The police took victim’s body into possession and sent it for a post-mortem examination to a hospital.

Sarwanjit Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), said footage of the CCTV cameras installed near the house was being scanned to find clues about the perpetrators of the crime. The victim’s body bore sharp weapon injuries. The police are working on different theories to solve the case.

Varun, a relative of the deceased, said that he got a call from Kaushal around 10.45 am that Shelly had got injured. Varun said he, along with his wife, immediately rushed to Kaushal’s residence. He said they took Shelly to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. He said Shelly had sharp weapon injuries on her body.

“Residents are not safe even in daylight in posh localities because criminals are roaming freely in the city,” Varun rued.

Baljinder Singh, another resident of a locality in Sahibzada Jhujhar Singh Avenue, said it was maid, who found Shelly’s body in the house, and alerted victim’s neighbours.