A 41-year-old NRI builder will appear before the Old Bailey court in London in October on charges of murdering his wife in Punjab two years ago. A Scotland Yard spokesman said Jagpaljeet Singh Kular was arrested here for hatching a conspiracy to kill his wife Manjit Kaur Kular (41),a British citizen,in October,2007,during a visit to India. Though Punjab police had closed the case after terming it as a car accident,the Scotland Yard pursued it and arrested Kular on the murder charge. The Sutton Magistrates court remanded him in custody. Rajwinder Kaur,sister-in-law of the deceased alleged: Jagpaljeet,an illegal immigrant had married Manjit just to get British citizenship. Manjit had a good job and had been living in London for over 20 years. She had a 12-year-old daughter from her second marriage whom Jagpaljeet had promised to treat as his own. But soon after the marriage he began to illtreat Manjit. As a sequel,Manjit sent her daughter to Dalhousie in India to study. Claiming that Manjit lived under some kind of fear,Rajwinder said: In October 2007,both Manjit and Jagpaljeet went to India and were staying at Bija near Khanna where Manjits in-laws are based. Before going to India,Manjit had told one of her friends in London that she feared she would be killed by her husband and thats why he was taking her to India. Manjit died on the Diwali night after allegedly being hit by a car. We found Manjits body lying on roadside. It had been lying there all night. Whats more,the body did not bear any injury marks except that her face had been smashed beyond recognition, Rajwinder claimed.
