A 34-year-old non-resident Indian was allegedly murdered by his childhood friend and his British-Indian wife during a vacation in India, police said.
Sukhjit Singh, a British national, was found dead in his bed with his throat slit, The Tribune reported.
According to investigators, he was murdered on September 1 allegedly by his wife Ramandeep Kaur Mann who colluded with her husband's best friend Gurpreet Singh during their visit to Sukhjit’s parental home in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district last month.
Ramandeep confessed to adding sleeping pills to the family's dinner and let Gurpreet in the house, police claimed.
Ramandeep Kaur Mann Source: Facebook
"Gurpreet reached her house at 10 pm following which they went upstairs. Gurpreet hit Sukhjit Singh on the head with a hammer, while Ramandeep smothered him using a pillow. They suspected he was still alive so Gurpreet slit his throat using a butcher's knife, which he had brought with him," police claimed.
Sukhjit was sleeping next to his sons, aged six and nine at the time of the crime.
“I made a big mistake and I am sorry for that,” said Gurpreet confessing his crime. He was arrested just moments before he was due to board a flight to Dubai.
31-year-old Ramandeep Kaur Mann grew up in Berkshire in England and works as a store manager in Derby in the East Midlands region of England.
Sukhjit Singh (after he became a turbaned Sikh) with his wife Ramandeep and Gurdeep. Source: Caters News Agency
Her affair with Gurpreet began during a family holiday in November last year.
Sukhjit and Gurpreet had been school friends and had remained close after the former moved to Britain where he married Ramandeep in 2005.
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