India, May 19 -- The body of a 29-year-old Punjabi singer and makeup artist, Inder Kaur, also known as Yashinder Kaur, was recovered from the Sirhind Canal at Neelon on Tuesday morning, six days after she was allegedly abducted at gunpoint in Ludhiana.

According to the victim's family, the murder was orchestrated by a Canada-based man whose marriage proposal she had recently rejected.

Police recovered the body from the canal at 11am following a tip-off. It was subsequently identified by her family members and taken to the Ludhiana Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The victim's family has named the primary suspect as Sukhwinder Singh, alias Sukha, a native of Moga currently residing in Canada.

According to the family, Inder...