Case File
April 20, 2000: Bibi Jagir Kaur's daughter Harpreet Kaur dies mysteriously; cremated a day later without post-mortem examination or inquest
April 27, 2000: Kamaljit Singh files petition in Punjab and Haryana high court, alleging that his wife Harpreet was murdered
September 2000: High court orders CBI probe into case
October 2000: CBI arrests Dalwinder Kaur Dhesi and Paramjit Singh Raipur, a Phagwara-based couple, on the charges of forcible abortion, conspiring to murder and destruction of evidence
November 2008: Accused-turned approver Dr BS Sohal dies in road accident at Amritsar
March 17, 2012: Court completes trial
March 30: Bibi Jagir Kaur held guilty
I felt this was one interesting case that needed to be on my blog. A case that shows that a parent in power could go to the extent of even letting her girl die rather than approve the girl's choice for marriage or save her reputation. The probability of such cases coming to light is fairly low, but the fact that the CBI probe has been successful in finding Jagir Kaur guilty is highly laudable.
The death of the accused turned approver doctor in a road accident is something that one encounters in movies right? But, no, our desi movies are derived from our very own desi politicians.
It is no fiction.
Reading about real life crime is more appealing than fiction.
