Indian-Origin Man Kills Ex Girlfriend In Australia Over Rejection

An Indian-origin man in Australia murdered his ex-girlfriend after she rejected him by restraining her with cable wire and burying her alive. The accused had been identified as Tarikjot Singh, 22, who pleaded guilty in February 2023 to murdering 21-year-old Jasmeen Kaur.

As per the South Australian Supreme Court, Singh killed Kaur, a nursing student, because she rejected his proposal. Prosecutor Carman Matteo SC stated that Singh had committed the murder in an act of revenge and vengeance.

Indian Origin Man Kills Ex Girlfriend

She noted that the crime involved an "uncommon level of cruelty." Further, she said that the Kaur must have been consciously suffering in "absolute terror of breathing in and swallowing soil.

He had meticulously planned the murder before kidnapping her from her workplace in Adelaide in March 2021. He drove for over four hours with the woman in the boot of the car. Her body was found buried in a shallow creek, with her eyes blindfolded, her hands tied with cable, and her feet taped together. Evidence proved that she was burned alive by the accused, Tarikjot Singh.

Kaur’s mother, Rashpaul Kaur, revealed that Singh was obsessed with her daughter, and he didn’t seem to let her go even after she turned down his proposal a hundred times. She added that she was "tormented by the thought" of what her daughter must have gone through in her final moments. Further, she said that she would never forgive the accused for what he had done and pleaded with the court that he be jailed for life.

Kaur’s family is left devastated, and according to ABC News, Kaur’s mother said that she could go through a "terrible sequence of events" wondering when her daughter would have realised that she was in mortal danger. Her mother also shared that during the last few hours on earth, her daughter would have gone through the worst of humanity, knowing that there was no one to rescue her. She added that with her "precious little girl," Jasmeen, gone, she was left heartbroken.

The Guardian reported that the accused, Singh, is now facing a mandatory life sentence, and the court will grant him a non-parole period next month.

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