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Sukhjit Singh India death: Wife and 'lover' held by police | Sukhjit Singh India death: Wife and 'lover' held by police |
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A British woman has been accused by police in India of colluding with her alleged lover in the murder of her husband. | A British woman has been accused by police in India of colluding with her alleged lover in the murder of her husband. |
Sukhjit Singh, from Derby, was found dead in his bed while on holiday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. | Sukhjit Singh, from Derby, was found dead in his bed while on holiday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. |
His wife Ramandeep Kaur Mann is facing charges of plotting the killing with his childhood friend Gurpeet Singh. | His wife Ramandeep Kaur Mann is facing charges of plotting the killing with his childhood friend Gurpeet Singh. |
Police claimed the pair are lovers but her family has denied the charges and said it is launching a legal battle. | |
Friends in Derby said the news came as a shock and their priority was the couple's young children, who remain with their grandmother in India. | Friends in Derby said the news came as a shock and their priority was the couple's young children, who remain with their grandmother in India. |
The family were visiting Sukhjit's mother in Banda, about 450km (280 miles) south east of New Delhi, and were due to fly home earlier this month. | The family were visiting Sukhjit's mother in Banda, about 450km (280 miles) south east of New Delhi, and were due to fly home earlier this month. |
Local police said the Derby man was found dead in his mother's house with his throat slit and having sustained head injuries on 1 September. | Local police said the Derby man was found dead in his mother's house with his throat slit and having sustained head injuries on 1 September. |
They accused Ramandeep and Gurpeet of being lovers and arrested Gurpeet as he attempted to board a flight to Dubai. | They accused Ramandeep and Gurpeet of being lovers and arrested Gurpeet as he attempted to board a flight to Dubai. |
Gurpal Singh worked with Sukhjit at the National Sikh Museum in Derby and saw the family the night before they flew to India. | Gurpal Singh worked with Sukhjit at the National Sikh Museum in Derby and saw the family the night before they flew to India. |
"We all really want to know the truth. All we've heard are reports in the media and we are concerned the story is being repeated without a proper investigation," he said. | "We all really want to know the truth. All we've heard are reports in the media and we are concerned the story is being repeated without a proper investigation," he said. |
"We are all in shock. They are a lovely family - he was a devout and humble man. There was nothing to suggest anything was wrong at home. | "We are all in shock. They are a lovely family - he was a devout and humble man. There was nothing to suggest anything was wrong at home. |
"I'm not questioning what the Indian police have said but we would all like to see a proper investigation of what has happened." | "I'm not questioning what the Indian police have said but we would all like to see a proper investigation of what has happened." |
The Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to a British national who had been detained and to the family of Sukhjit Singh. | The Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to a British national who had been detained and to the family of Sukhjit Singh. |
Prayers will be said at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Derby later and for several days next week. | Prayers will be said at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Derby later and for several days next week. |
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