The Tribune, January 12, 2003

Missing panch case: wife’s hand suspected
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, January 11
The missing case of Karamveer, a panch of Narar village in this district, for the past fortnight has taken a new turn with the villagers suspecting the hand of his wife behind his disappearance. Karamveer, who left his village for Kaithal on December 26, has not returned since then. Surjit, brother of missing panch, said he suspected the hand of his sister-in-law behind the disappearance of his brother. He told mediapersons that his sister-in-law had stated that some divine power had told her that her husband had been murdered and the body thrown in the nearby in Sirsa branch canal. Villagers went to the site but could find nothing. A case has been registered.