Woman slain with sword on road in Mohali

Kabaddi player cuts woman with sword in the middle of the road; Police said- knew each other for 4-5 years.

Mohali: In Mohali, Punjab, a woman was murdered by cutting her with a sword on the middle of the road on Saturday morning. The incident took place near Phase 5. The woman had left home to go to work. On the way, a masked youth attacked her with a sword. When the girl fell unconscious, the youth fled from the spot.

After this, the people around informed the police about the incident. The girl was immediately taken to Phase-6 hospital. She died during treatment there. The entire incident was captured on CCTV camera.

The deceased has been identified as Baljinder Kaur (31). She was working in the call center of a private bank for the last 9 years.

SP City Harveer Singh Atwal said that the accused youth has been arrested. He has been identified as Sukhchain Singh, a resident of Samrala, Ludhiana.

He has been a Kabaddi player. He works at a petrol pump. Sukhchain and Baljinder have known each other for the last four-five years.

Sukhchain wanted to marry Baljinder, but she was repeatedly refusing Sukhchain. Sukhchain attacked him due to this animosity.

According to the incident recorded in the CCTV camera, 5 girls were coming from Morinda towards Phase 5. The masked youth was standing hidden under a tree. As soon as the girls came near the tree, the youth took out his sword. After this, he attacked Baljinder Kaur. Seeing this, the other girls started running away from there. Baljinder also tried to run away, but the youth pushed her back and kept attacking her.

Seeing the youth attacking, a person riding a scooter stopped, but seeing the sword in the youth’s hand, he too could not help the girl. After this, the girl fell unconscious on the ground. Even then the youth kept attacking her brutally. During this time, a policeman also tried to save the girl but the accused attacked him too. After this, the young man walked towards the road.

The murderer used to work at a petrol pump. According to his colleagues, he worked for 3 months. He left the job after getting his salary last month. When asked, he said that it is very hot here. He is not able to work. He was a Kabaddi player. He had an injury on his knee.

According to the villagers, the murder accused has 2 brothers and 4 sisters. One brother and 4 sisters are married. His father has retired from school. No one in the village ever heard him fight. The villagers also claimed that the girl had come to their house 2 times. At first she was ready for marriage but later refused.