Suspended Punjab Police AIG kills son-in-law in Chandigarh district court, arrested
Hindustan TimesHarprit Singh, an Indian Civil Account Services officer, was shot dead by his father-in-law, Malwinder Singh, a suspended assistant inspector general of Punjab Police, at the mediation centre of the district court complex in Sector 43, Chandigarh, on Saturday afternoon. Malwinder Singh, the suspended assistant inspector general of Punjab Police who shot dead his son-in-law Harprit Singh, an Indian Revenue Service officer, at the Chandigarh district court complex in Sector 43 on Saturday afternoon. Police said Malwinder Singh was immediately detained and arrested after he fired three shots from point-blank range at Harprit, one of which pierced his chest, killing him on the spot. Harprit was involved in a marital dispute with Malwinder Singh’s daughter, Dr Amitoj Kaur, and this was the fourth mediation hearing in the matter, the police said.