Until nearly 11 days in the past, there was nothing connecting the households of Amanpreet Kaur and Gursewak Singh — each constables within the Punjab Police.
An hour of insanity round midnight on January 28, which noticed Gursewak pumping a number of bullets into Amanpreet earlier than turning the gun on himself, has now created an undesirable connection between their households. The 2 households at the moment are on the lookout for solutions to questions that they didn’t know even existed within the first place.
Whereas Amanpreet (26) leaves behind a six-year outdated daughter along with her divorced husband, Gursewak (33) is survived by a five-year outdated daughter and a spouse who’s seven-months pregnant.
The spine-chilling incident has additionally left a query mark on psychological well being problems with the personnel within the state police power and a direct want to deal with them, particularly in wake of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s drive to curb gun tradition and de-glorify weapons.
Amanpreet at all times needed to affix the police power. Such was her ardour that she continued to pursue her research even after she bought married in 2014. “She cleared class 12 and then joined as police constable in 2016,” says her brother Gurpreet Singh.
The household comes from Chuchak Wind village of Ferozepur. The wedding nonetheless quickly hit the tough patch and after giving delivery to a daughter, Amanpreet, an Amritdhari Sikh, took divorce from her husband and began residing within the quarters at Ferozepur Police Traces.
Gursewak, of Naurang Ke Syal village, had joined the power in 2011 with an goal to assist his agriculturist father. He too had bought married in 2014, and, as per his household, was in a “happy relationship” together with his spouse.
As per the law enforcement officials investigating the case, Gursewak was in a relationship with Amanpreet, however suspected that she was having affair with one other man. On that fateful night time, it was an argument over the problem that escalated into the murder-suicide.
As per the police, Amanpreet, who was posted at Ferozepur Cantonment police station, had reported for obligation on the morning of January 28, whereas Gursewak, who was posted with Fast Response Crew (QRT) and in addition held coaching in Particular Weapons and Techniques (SWAT) wing, principally used to work within the Police Traces.
Amanpreet shared the police quarter along with her mom Rajinder Kaur and niece Navdeep Kaur (brother’s daughter), who can also be an eyewitness within the case. Navdeep, in her assertion, instructed police that Amanpreet and Gursewak had been in a relationship and he was urgent her for marriage. Amanpreet, nonetheless, was not prepared, stated Navdeep.
On January 28, Amanpreet and Navdeep had been collectively on the police station when round 8.30 pm, Gursewak known as the previous and requested her to come back outdoors. He was ready in his automotive. Amanpreet bought into the car on the entrance passenger seat whereas Navdeep sat within the again. Quickly an argument ensued when Gursewak demanded to test Amanpreet’s cellphone and requested her if she has been speaking to another man.
Navdeep additional stated that she intervened within the argument and instructed her aunt that she needn’t present her cellphone to Gursewak. “Soon, he got infuriated and started loading his assault rifle and threatened to kill me. He then punched my aunt in face. I stormed out of the car and my aunt also stepped out and we came back to police station,” stated Navdeep in her assertion.
After practically 4 hours, round 12.15 publish midnight, each girls had been on their method to the police quarters on Amanpreet’s two-wheeler. Based on Navdeep, after they reached Shershah Chowk, Gursewak got here dashing from behind and hit their two-wheeler. Each girls fell on highway. He then stepped out, and began capturing indiscriminately at Amanpreet together with his assault rifle.
Based on police, 9 empty shells had been recovered from the spot and Amanpreet obtained 5 bullet accidents. She died on the spot.
“After Gursewak shot dead my sister, he also tried to shoot my daughter who was trying to help Amanpreet. But seeing other vehicles approaching, he fled,” stated Gurpreet
After driving for round half-hour, Gursewak shot himself within the automotive.
Navdeep, in her assertion, additional stated that Gursewak usually used to go to Amanpreet at her quarter in Police Traces and at all times insisted on checking her cellphone. He would get suspicious if her cellphone was busy even for a minute, she added.
Ferozepur SSP Kanwardeep Kaur says that case continues to be below probe however most definitely, Amanpreet was not having a weapon on the time of incident. “She was a computer operator at the police station,” stated SSP. “Both of them were neither overworked nor had any work pressure as they had limited hours of duty. Prima facie, it was an incident that was triggered due to personal relationship,” she added.
Gursewak’s 62-year outdated father Sucha Singh, in the meantime, says that his five-year outdated granddaughter is but to come back to phrases along with her father’s demise. “We by no means had slightest of the trace about Gursewak’s relationship with Amanpreet as he was very near his spouse and daughter. We at all times assumed he was fortunately married. His daughter is having excessive fever for final 10 days and retains crying whereas trying to find him. His spouse is anticipating one other little one.
For us, solely his spouse is our noo-rani (daughter-in-law) and can at all times stay so. We bought to find out about Amanpreet solely after that incident. There’s no level in attempting to search for any solutions. For us, every thing is over, our son is useless and so is somebody’s daughter. So what’s the purpose of digging extra now,” he says.
Dr Anirudh Kala, Ludhiana-based senior psychiatrist says that an individual with psychological well being points usually are likely to suspect their associate. “When it comes to police personnel, there’s a long way to go when it comes to mental health as most them do not express freely if they feel depressed. There is a fear that they might be fired from job if diagnosed and a stigma will be attached. Getting over-suspicious in everything is a serious sign of mental illness, which triggers violence—physical and emotional both. The police personnel need to be screened at regular intervals and treated with an assurance that they won’t be fired. This particular case was probably a dangerous mixture of love, anger and jealousy which met a fateful end due to man’s mental health issues,” stated Dr Kala.
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