PU murder: Chandigarh cops record statement of victim’s daughter, seize laptop

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 7

The UT police today recorded the statement of Panjab University (PU) Professor’s daughter in connection with his wife’s murder. Prof Bharat Bhushan Goyal’s wife Seema Goyal was found murdered at their house on the university campus on November 4. The police recorded the statement of the victim’s daughter. She was not at home on the day of the incident. The victim was found dead with her hands and legs tied with a cloth. There was an injury mark on her head. The CCTV footage of the area was scanned by the police, but they failed to find any clue. The call detail record of the victim’s mobile phone is being scrutinised by the police, besides the mobile dump data.

The victim’s husband, who first saw the body in the bedroom, told the police that he was on the first floor while his wife was on the ground floor of their house at night.