NRI murdered by wife, parmour during vacation in India: Police

Shahjahanpur (UP), Sep 10 (PTI) A 34-year-old British-Sikhwas allegedly murdered by his wife and her parmour during avacation in India, police said. Sukhjit Singh, an NRI, was murdered on September 1allegedly by his wife Ramandeep Kaur Mann (31) who colludedwith her husband’s best friend Gurpreet Singh alias Mitthuduring their visit to Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district lastmonth, they said. Ramandeep admitted to put sleeping pills in her family’sdinner and let Gurpreet in the house, police claimed. "Gurpreet reached her house at 10 PM following which theywent upstairs. Gurpreet hit Sukhjit Singh on the head with ahammer, while Ramandeep also smothered him using a pillow. "They suspected he was still alive so Gurpreet slit histhroat using a butcher’s knife, which he had brought withhim," police claimed. Sukhjit was sleeping next to his sons, aged six and nine. While Gurpreet was arrested moments before he was due toboard a flight to Dubai, Ramandeep "confessed" to the crime onhearing about his arrest, police claimed. Sukhjit and Gurpreet had been school friends in UP andremained close after the former moved to Britain, where hemarried Ramandeep in 2005. Ramandeep’s affair with Gurpreet apparently began during afamily holiday in November last year. She grew up inBerkshire, south-east England, and works as a store manager inDerby, in the East Midlands region of England. Vrijendra Singh Yadav, Superintendent of District jailwhere Ramandeep is lodged, said the British High Commission istaking report on her on daily basis and a team from thereis likely to come over in a couple of days. PTI CORR SAB RCBRTRCB