Kapurthala, Aug. 11 -- An 62-year-old man was found murdered at his house in Kapurthala's Mauli village in the early hours of Monday, police said. The deceased, identified as Gurcharan Singh, was found in a pool of blood in his house on the outskirts of the village. His wife lived in the house located inside the village.

Phagwara superintendent of police Madhvi Sharma said officials got information on Monday morning when Gurcharan's wife, Simranjit Kaur, went to the other house and found him dead. "Unidentified assailant(s) attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon, causing fatal injuries to his neck and other body parts. The preliminary investigation suggests no robbery angle as his valuables were intact at the crime scene," SP Sharma said...