Mohali firing case: Two-day police remand for couple

Mohali, January 22

The court today sent Sarabjit Kaur, a teacher, and her husband, Ravjot Singh, both residents of Phase 4 here, to two-day police remand in an abetment-to-suicide case which was registered after Kharar resident Harpreet Singh allegedly shot himself in the head in Sarabjit’s car here yesterday.

A case under Sections 306 and 511 of the IPC was registered at the Phase-1 police station. Phase-1 SHO Shivi Brar said, “The duo has been sent to two-day police remand. The victim is battling for life at the PGI. The police are scanning footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area and questioning the couple regarding the case.”

On Friday morning, Harpreet Singh, employed with a private security agency, suffered a gunshot injury in a car under mysterious circumstances. The police said a married woman was in the driver’s seat of her vehicle while her husband was nearby when the incident took place. Harpreet’ licensed pistol was found in the car from the spot.

Sources said the woman, aged 35, reportedly told the police that Harpreet had been harassing her for the past about six months. Yesterday, he met her in the market, threatened her with a pistol and forcibly took her to the residential area in Phase 5. When Harpreet saw the woman’s husband approaching them, he first pointed the pistol at her and then suddenly shot himself in the right side of the temple. The victim was taken to the nearby private hospital from where he was shifted to the PGI. The victim’s father, Harjeet Singh, said Harpreet and the woman had known each other through Instagram for the past five-six months. —