Overview
- Police identified the victim as Davinder, 30, who returned from Mumbai on January 6, briefly visited home, and then went to meet a friend before disappearing.
- Ragpickers discovered a white drum near Jalandhar Bypass, where officers found the severed head and five other parts scattered within about 500 metres, with burn marks on some limbs.
- Investigators say CCTV footage shows Shamsher Singh alias Shera and his wife Kuldeep Kaur transporting a white drum on a bike, and separate footage reviewed by family showed Davinder entering Shera’s house and not emerging.
- A murder case has been registered and the couple has been booked along with unidentified aides, as forensic teams collect evidence and a postmortem is initiated to determine cause and motive.
- The case follows another recent discovery of a charred, dismembered body in the Meharban area this week, heightening local concern.