Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today sought the kind intervention of Union External Affairs Minister for impressing upon national government of United States of America to conduct through probe into the gruesome murder of Punjabi family in California.

In a statement, the Chief Minister said that it is unfortunate that a Punjabi family hailing from Harsi village of Hoshiarpur district in the state have been murdered in California.

Expressing deep anguish over murder of four family members including 8-year-old girl in California, US, Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Thursday has demanded exemplary punishment for the killers, who killed the family after abducting them on Monday.

Talking to media persons outside Punjab Bhawan here today, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal expressed deep sorrow over the gruesome incident and expressed confidence with the relatives of the victim’s family.

The Cabinet Minister has demanded from the Governor of California state and mayor of Merced County in the US that the killers should be arrested at the earliest. He has also appealed that exemplary punishment should be given to the killers so that no one can commit such heinous crimes in the future.

Four members of a family, including an eight-year-old girl, hailing from Tanda in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, have been abducted and murdered. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that the Punjab Government stands with the family in this hour of grief. He also assured that the Punjab government would take up the matter with full vigour at all levels to ensure that the culprits are brought to book.

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California: The bodies of four Indian-origin people who were abducted in California, USA, have now been recovered today, California Sharif said. These 4 people include a girl child. The bodies of the kidnapped child, parents and uncle were recovered from an orchard, the California sheriff said.

Mersad County Sheriff Vern Warnke called it “terrible and scary”. He said that the bodies of these people were recovered from the local area. Earlier, US officials had said that these four people were forcibly kidnapped from 800 blocks of South Highway 59 on October 3. Authorities did not name any suspects at the time. After this, the police detained a 48-year-old man.

The family belonged to Hoshiarpur in Punjab

According to the information, the family was a resident of Harsi, a village near Tanda in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. These people had their own transport business in America. Those abducted and killed are Jasdeep Singh, 36, Jasdeep’s wife Jasleen Kaur, 27, their daughter Aruhi Dheri, eight months old, and Amandeep Singh, 39.

Car burnt and suspected of using ATM

The family’s car was found burnt late on Monday night. Apart from this, it was also found that the ATM of one of these people who were kidnapped has also been used. The suspect, who used the ATM, was then taken into custody. After being detained, Jesus Manuel Salgardo tried to commit suicide.

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