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US Citizen, 71, Who Came to Punjab to Get Married, Burnt to Death by 75-Year-Old NRI Groom
Investigations reveal a financial conspiracy involving $50,000 promised to the prime suspect, with the accused groom now absconding, police said.
- A woman in her early seventies, an Indian-American who had traveled from Seattle to Punjab in July to wed a 75-year-old UK-based non-resident Indian named Charanjit Singh Grewal, was tragically killed shortly after her arrival.
- Rupinder connected with Charanjit Singh Grewal, a UK-based NRI, through an online matrimonial platform in May of the previous year, and by June, she had agreed to visit India at his invitation; authorities believe the killing was driven by financial motives linked to earlier funds she had transferred to him.
- Police arrested Sukhjeet Singh alias Sonu, who confessed to killing Rupinder on July 12-13, burning her body in a storeroom, acting on Grewal's instruction with a promised payment of ₹50 lakh.
- Assistant Commissioner Harjinder Singh Gill described the case as a horrifying betrayal of trust, while Grewal remains absconding and police continue to gather evidence and seek his arrest.
- The investigation revealed a financial conspiracy involving Rupinder's money transfer to Grewal, leading the police to file an FIR naming Grewal and others as suspects with ongoing efforts to bring them to justice.
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71-year-old US woman, who came to marry in India, burned to death: What we know
Rupinder Kaur Pandher, a 71-year-old American citizen, was brutally murdered in Punjab after being betrayed by Charanjit Singh Grewal, a UK-based NRI she met online and had hopes to marry. The 75-year-old man conspired with his old acquaintance to plot the heinous crime. What led to the killing?
·Mumbai, India
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US citizen, 71, who came to Punjab to get married, burnt to death by 75-year-old NRI groom
A 71-year-old US woman of Indian origin was allegedly burnt to death in Punjab by her 75-year-old NRI fiancé. Police have arrested an accomplice; the groom remains absconding. Investigators say the motive was financial.
·New Delhi, India
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