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Reshma’s In-Laws Arrested for Dumping Strangled Body in Ludhiana Sack

Police have charged three relatives under sections 103 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pending autopsy results

DCP (City) Rupinder Singh sharing details about the crime and the accused in Ludhiana on Thursday. (HT Photo)
Snatchers stabbed a man to death in Punjab's Ludhiana, fled with ₹1200 and mobile phone.
Police officials near Aarti Chowk where a body was found on Wednesday. (HT Photo)
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Overview

  • Three accused—father-in-law Krishan, mother-in-law Dulari and their relative Ajay—were taken into custody on charges of murdering and disposing of Reshma’s body
  • Locals recorded two men dumping a foul-smelling sack on the Ferozepur Road divider after being told it contained rotten mangoes and then alerted police
  • Sub-Inspector Amarjit Singh said the victim was identified as Reshma, a migrant in her thirties, and noted blood clots at her nostrils indicating strangulation
  • Investigators impounded the blue motorcycle used in the crime, discovered its fake registration number and lodged an FIR under sections 103 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
  • Forensic teams are analysing CCTV footage and mobile records and awaiting autopsy findings to determine whether additional accomplices were involved