Two brothers deported from US arrested in Punjab on murder charges

Chandigarh: Two cousin brothers from Patiala district of Punjab, who were among 116 people deported by the US, were arrested in connection with a murder case, police said.

Police sources said Sandeep Singh and Pradeep Singh, who were wanted in a murder case registered in 2023, were arrested at the Amritsar airport after they landed on Saturday late night.

In Sandeep and Pradeep’s case, their US dream was cut short.

“Since January 28, there had been communication with them. It was only on Saturday morning that we came to know that they had been deported. We are stunned,” said Sukhjeet Kaur.

The family is now starting a huge financial crisis. For sending Sandeep and Pradeep to the US through the illegal dunki route, the family had spent Rs900,000.

“We paid the money to Daler Singh, a travel agent, from Gurdaspur. We haven’t talked to the agent yet. Sandeep had sold his two acres of land while Pradeep sold one-acre land and his car apart from borrowing money from a private lender,” said Sukhjeet Kaur.

The cousins are among the 119 illegal immigrants who were deported in a military aircraft from the US.

Previously, the first US plane carrying 104 Indians had landed at Amritsar airport on February 5.