Neighbours sounded the police after foul smell started emitting from the house.
Harjinder, son of freedom fighter Ajmer Singh Jhajj, owned an agricultural land in the village which he had given on contract.
Police said the man might have been murdered about three days ago as the body had started decomposing.
Deputy superintendent of police, Payal, Harjeet Singh said, “The investigation suggests that the accused attacked the elderly man on head and face with a blunt weapon and strangled him with a piece of cloth before putting the body in a sack.”
The villagers told police that Harjinder used to live with wife Daljit Kaur in Fatehgarh Sahib at his in-laws’ house. He often visited his ancestral house, which was known as purani haveli. The villagers had last seen him on July 3, the DSP added.
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