KOTKAPURA – The police recovered the body of a 28-year-old woman from the house of a Congress leader today. The house was set on fire after the murder of the woman, identified as Anjali.
There were multiple injuries on the body which the police found lying in a pool of blood in the bathroom of the house in Aman Nagar locality here. Earlier after noticing smoke coming out of the house, local residents informed the police. The house belongs to Naresh Kumar Bawra, a Congress leader.
Baljit Singh, Kotkapura DSP, said Bawra’s son Sunny Bawra had been living in the house after his two brothers and mother shifted to Chandigarh a few days ago. The police had registered a case of murder against Sunny. Sources said the husband of the deceased was lodged in jail on the charge of drug trafficking.
They said the police had claimed to have found empty bottles of liquor from the house. It was believed that there were more than one accused who set the house on fire after killing the woman, they added.
