Overview
- Davinder Singh, 30, was discovered in a white plastic drum on a vacant plot near Jalandhar Bypass in Ludhiana after a passer-by alerted police.
- Officers found the body in three pieces with one portion partially burnt, indicating an attempt to conceal the killing.
- CCTV footage shows the victim’s friend, Shera, and another person carrying the drum toward the site, and both have been detained for questioning.
- Police believe the murder occurred at a different location and that the remains were dumped to destroy evidence, with forensic teams collecting samples.
- Family members said Davinder had returned from Mumbai two days earlier and left home within 15 minutes, and the case follows a separate recent discovery of an unidentified, dismembered body in the Meharban area.