Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Woman’s Remains Found, Live-In Partner Booked After 13 Days
A 27-year-old woman left her family’s home on August 15 with a partner.
They were reportedly going to Chandigarh.
After that, her family could not contact her.
Her partner also stopped answering his phone.
Thirteen days later, her badly decomposed remains were found.
Dogs had partially eaten the remains.
Police registered a murder case against the partner after a complaint from her aunt.
Doctors will perform an examination and DNA testing to help identify the remains and understand what happened.
The partially decomposed remains of a 27-year-old woman were found 13 days after she left her parental home.
She allegedly left a village in Jalandhar with her live-in partner for Chandigarh on August 15.
The woman’s family lost contact with her, while her partner also became unreachable by phone.
Police registered a murder FIR against the partner under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
A medical board at Amritsar Medical College will conduct the postmortem, followed by DNA testing.
- Who
- A 27-year-old woman, her live-in partner, her maternal aunt and Punjab police are involved.
- What
- The woman’s remains were found, and police registered a murder case against her live-in partner.
- When
- She left home on August 15; her remains were found 13 days later, with the FIR registered on Friday.
- Where
- She left a village in Jalandhar for Chandigarh; the remains were recovered in an unspecified location, and the postmortem will take place at Amritsar Medical College.
- Why
- The FIR followed the maternal aunt’s complaint after the family lost contact with the woman; the circumstances of her death are under investigation.
- Woman’s age
- 27 years
- Last known departure
- August 15, from her parental home in a Jalandhar village
- Reported destination
- Chandigarh
- Time before remains found
- 13 days
- Police case
- Murder FIR under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Police station
- Mehatpur police station
- Planned examination
- Postmortem by a medical board at Amritsar Medical College, followed by DNA testing