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Ravinder Saini
Jhajjar, April 5
Hakam Singh (61), a farmer of Patti Fuddu village in Bathinda district (Punjab), was murdered by a truck driver, Kulwant Singh, of Lopo village in Moga district at Tikri-Bahadurgarh border on March 25, police have said.
Kulwant (48) was allegedly having an illicit relationship with Karamjeet Kaur (47), wife of Hakam’s younger brother, who was also involved in the crime. She allegedly pressured Kulwant to perpetrate the crime, the police said.
The Bahadurgarh police arrested both the accused and produced them before a court which sent them to judicial custody.
Hakam was found murdered with his throat slit behind new bus stand in Bahadurgarh town.