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Belgian team questions Akali MLA

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Press Trust of India Moga
A two-member Belgian police team has questioned ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Rajwinder Kaur in connection with the alleged murder of a woman who was reported missing in 2012.

The team recorded statements of at least nine people related to each other yesterday, police said today.

The team is probing the suspected murder of woman Jagwinder Kaur.

Jagwinder, who hails from Mullanpur Dhakha in Ludhiana, was married to Kewal Singh, a resident of Bhagike village.

Rajwinder is the sarpanch of the Bhagike village and her family members allegedly killed Jagwinder.

Kewal had been living in Belgium for over 20 years.
 

Police took blood samples of Bakhtaur Singh, Jagwinder's brother-in-law for a DNA test.

In Februray 2012, Kewal came to his ancestral village to attend a marriage, police said, adding that a few days after his arrival, he got a phone call from Belgium that his wife has gone missing from the house. He left for Belgium, police said.

Belgium police suspects it to be a case of honour killing.

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First Published: May 23 2016 | 5:02 PM IST

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