Tarn Taran, June 25: Unidentified people killed five people, including two women, at Kairon village in this district on Wednesday night.
The deceased have been identified as Brij Lal (65), his two daughters-in-law Jaspreet Kaur (28) and Amandeep Kaur (26), one Daljit Singh (22) and Brij Lal’s driver Gursahib Singh Saba.
According to the police, their throats were slit with sharp-edged weapons by more than four unidentified people.
SSP Dhruv Dahia and other senior officials rushed to the spot.
Brij Lal had many drug-peddling cases registered against him while his wife Ranjit Kaur had died in Amritsar Central Jail a year ago. She was lodged in the jail under similar charges, said the police.
His two sons Bakshish Singh Sonu and Paramjit Singh Pamma are drug addicts, currently under treatment at a de-addiction centre in Tarn Taran.
Deceased Jaspreet Kaur was wife of Bakshish and Amandeep that of Paramjit. Both couples have two children each, who were left alone by the murderers.
SP JS Walia said the investigation is on to ascertain the identity and motive of the killers.
