Senior Journalist KJ Singh, Mother found dead in Mohali, murder suspected

Mangalore Today News Network

Chandigarh, Sep 23, 2017 :  KJ Singh, a senior journalist, and his 92-year-old mother have been found dead at their residence in Mohali in Punjab. The police suspects Mr Singh and his mother, Gurcharan Kaur, were murdered.

 

Mr Singh’s throat had been slit while his mother was suspected to have been strangled at their Phase 3B2 home, said an official spokesman of the Chief Minister’s Office.

"There were injury marks on their necks," Mohali Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Alam Vijay Singh said.

The Punjab Police has set up a Special Investigative Team under the Inspector General (Crime) to probe the suspected murder, the spokesman said.

Senior police officers, who are investigating the deaths, visited Mr Singh’s house this afternoon.

Mr Singh, who was in his sixties, was a former news editor of The Indian Express, The Tribune and The Times of India in Chandigarh.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal tweeted "I condemn ghastly murder of senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother at Mohali. Urge police to nab perpetrators imm. (sic)"

The media fraternity in Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh strongly condemned the alleged killings and asked for speedy arrests.



courtesy:NDTV