A Ludhiana lady is executed for burying her neighbor’s 2-year-old daughter alive

Neelam, a 35-year-old resident of Kwality Road in Shimlapuri, Ludhiana, was given the death punishment by Sessions Judge Munish Singal on November 28, 2021, for the savage abduction and murder of Dilroz Kaur, a 2-year-old child.

“The prisoner has slain the infant in the most savage way possible, treating it like a medieval ara, beyond all bounds of cruelty. The court said that “burying alive a girl of tender age, who must not have understood the acts of her next door neighbor, is the most grave, heinous, and barbaric crime that exists.”

“The accused has betrayed the confidence of neighbors and humanity by killing a girlchild and burying her alive, leaving a scar on human values.” The court rejected the accused’s request for mercy, stating that “the Superintendent of Women Jail, Ludhiana, reports speaks volumes that the convict was beyond possibility of reformation.”

The prosecution called 25 witnesses, according to the victim’s attorney Parupkar Ghumman and Additional Public Prosecutor BD Gupta, to bolster their case. December 24, 2021, saw the presentation of the challan. The court was notified of the case on January 3, 2022. The dates of the charges were January 14, 2022. The offender was sentenced to death based on CCTV evidence and the witnesses’ unwavering testimonies.

The court noted that when viewing the CCTV tape, Dilroz Kaur was seen standing in front of a scooter that Neelam was driving, and Dilroz seemed to be in a cheerful disposition. The little girl may have believed that her aunt, who she used to refer to as “bua,” was taking her on a fun trip or maybe stopping by to pick up some treats. She had no idea that her life was about to end and that she had been abducted by her.

Instead, there was no serious or abrupt provocation that may have served as the catalyst for the killing. The youngster was abducted by the prisoner at 2:15 p.m. on that day, and they traveled 15 kilometers together on the accused’s scooter in around 35 to 40 minutes. This indicates that the accused had enough time to reconsider her choice, but she was determined to kill the child.

It took just ten minutes to bury the youngster alive, according to the report, since she must have first traveled to the most desolate location outside of the city and dug a trench there.

The kid must have breathed in sand particles throughout this time, choking and suffocating her lungs, and the death must have been very painful. The judge noted that the unfortunate kid did not even have time to cry out for aid.

Mercy appeal was turned down

The woman begged for forgiveness, citing her divorce and her two children, who are now 8 and 11 years old. Her dad had passed away previously.

Parents cry

Following the decision, mother Kiran Kaur and father Harpreet Singh sobbed. They were comforted knowing that justice had been done to them as they left the courtroom.

Murder case involving retaliation

Dilroz Kaur was the daughter of Harpreet Singh, a senior policeman of the Punjab Police’s India Reserve Battalion. Neelam was offended by Harpreet’s apparent rudeness, which she said prevented her kids from playing on the street, so she committed the crime. She said, upon her arrest, that the victim girl’s father had reprimanded her kids, which was why she had chosen to murder his daughter in retaliation.