Patiala, April 11 -- The Patiala police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly killing his live-in partner and burning her body to destroy evidence in a tile factory earlier this year. The accused has been identified as Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Panjola village in Patiala. The victim, Kamalpreet Kaur, 28, had been living with him in a rented accommodation in the Sular area. According to the police, the crime took place on February 23. Gagandeep allegedly shot Kamalpreet with his licenced pistol and later disposed of her body by burning it in his tile factory. The case came to light in April following a complaint by Jagsir Singh, victim's brother. He alleged that on April 7, he was informed by a relative that Gagandeep had shot dead Kamalpreet. He claimed that the accused, along with an associate identified as Rajvir, cremated the body at a tiles factory in Mardheri village and later immersed the ashes at a gurdwara in Samana to destroy the evidence. The breakthrough in the case came after Kamalpreet's cousin reportedly overheard Gagandeep confessing to the murder while speaking to a friend at a roadside dhaba. According to the complaint, Kamalpreet was married to Sandeep Singh of Rangola village in Sangrur in 2017. However, she had been living separately from her husband and returned to her parental home in Patiala shortly after the marriage. In 2022, she came in contact with Gagandeep, who allegedly posed as unmarried. The two entered into a live-in relationship and had been living together for the past four years. Investigations revealed that Gagandeep was already married. The relationship reportedly led to frequent disputes between him and his wife after she came to know about the affair. DSP (rural) Harsimran Singh said, "The accused, Gagandeep, has been arrested for the murder of his live-in partner." A case has been registered against the accused under Sections 103 and 238 of the BNS. He will be produced before a local court on Saturday, where police will seek his remand. htc...