SENIOR JOURNALIST KJ SINGH, MOTHER MURDEED IN MOHALI

SENIOR JOURNALIST KJ SINGH, MOTHER MURDEED IN MOHALI

മാധ്യമ പ്രവര്‍ത്തകന്‍ കെ.ജെ.സിങ് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു

Senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother Gurcharan Kaur were found murdered at their house in the heart of Mohali on Saturday afternoon.Mohali senior superintendent police Kuldeep Chahal confirmed the double murder in Phase 3B2 and said the motive was being investigated.Police said KJ Singh was first stabbed in the stomach as he opened the door to the assailant. The trail of blood led to the room where he was found dead. After that his throat was slit.His mother, Gurcharan Kaur, who was bedridden, was strangulated to death.

Singh, a bachelor, was a former news editor of the Indian Express, The Times of India and The Tribune in Chandigarh.The murder came to light around 1pm when KJ Singh’s sister Yashpal Kaur and her son, Ajay Pal, a staffer with The Times of India, came with lunch for the two. They found the main door with blood stains bolted from outside.The police said Singh’s part-time house help, Rekha, rang the bell at 9am as usual but returned from the gate when no one answered it. She came back an hour later but left without entering the house.Singh’s green Ford Ikon car and an LED TV are missing.

The senior journalist, who was freelancing for a Canadian magazine, had a studio with recording equipment in the house. The police are yet to ascertain if anything is missing from the studio.The police are scanning CCTV footage from a camera installed two houses away.Police sources said KJ Singh had last talked to his elder brother, who stays in Chandigarh, on Friday evening. They said the murder appears to be the handiwork of more than one person.The incident has left the media fraternity of Chandigarh and residents of the area shocked.On directive from Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, police set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the double murder.

മുതിര്‍ന്ന മാധ്യമ പ്രവര്‍ത്തകന്‍ കെ.ജെ. സിങിനെയും മാതാവിനേയും കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ട നിലയില്‍ കണ്ടെത്തി. പഞ്ചാബിലെ മൊഹാലിയിലെ വീട്ടിലാണ് ഇരുവരുടെയും മൃതദേഹം കണ്ടെത്തിയത്. ഇന്ത്യന്‍ എക്‌സ്പ്രസ്സ് പത്രത്തില്‍ ന്യൂസ് എഡിറ്ററായി പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് ഇദ്ദേഹം. സിങിനേയും 92 വയസ്സായ മാതാവ് ഗുര്‍ചരണ്‍ കൗറിന്റെയും കൊലക്ക് പിന്നില്‍ ആരാണെന്ന് വ്യക്തമായിട്ടില്ലെന്ന്് പോലീസ് അറിയിച്ചു.

Prof. John Kurakar