India, Sept. 17 -- In a shocking incident, a 72-year-old US citizen of Indian origin, Rupinder Kaur Pandher, was lured from Seattle to Ludhiana in Punjab by a 75-year-old UK-based NRI, Charanjit Singh Grewal, who promised to marry her only to get her brutally murdered by a contract killer in July, police said on Wednesday.

The police said the victim's US-based sister Kamal Kaur Khaizah had contacted the US embassy in India after Rupinder's phone was switched off after she travelled to Kila Raipur village in Ludhiana district on her would-be groom's invitation in July.

Instead of a wedding celebration, Rupinder's fate took a dark turn as she mysteriously disappeared.

Efforts to trace Rupinder led to the horrifying truth recently and the...