A 38-year-old Rajpura man was found murdered in his apartment at New Jersy, US, on July 17. His body was brought to India last night and was cremated in Rajpura.
Deceased Satnam Singh, of Focal Point, Rajpura, went to the US around three-and-a-half years ago along with a group of hymn singers. The elder brother of the deceased, Jagir Singh, said the body of his brother was found lying in a pool of blood along with that of another Punjabi man from Jalandhar.
“Satnam was working at a gas station for the last few months and was stabbed by some unidentified people. The reason behind his death is yet to be ascertained as police officials in the US are still to ascertain the reason behind the murders,” said Jagir.
He said the eldest brother, living in England, informed him about the incident after the gas station owner called him up on the intervening night of July 17 and 18. Satnam had been working at different gas stations for the past sometime and had been putting up in New Jersey. He was sharing accommodation with another man from Jalandhar.
Satnam is survived by his wife and a seven-year-old son, who had been staying with other family members in Rajpura. The family members said Satnam was supposed to come back on July 31 along with his brother-in-law, who too is in the US, and both had even purchased air tickets to return to India.
