Lipsy Mittal (33), wife of Anokh Mittal, was killed on Saturday by robbers near a village here, officials said. Police said that the key conspirator of the murder turned out to be the woman’s husband. The kingpin of the contract killers’ gang, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, is still on the run, police said. The police have arrested her husband and local AAP leader and his 24-year-old girlfriend. They have also arrested four contract killers — Amritpal Singh alias Balli (26), Gurdeep Singh alias Manni (25), Sonu Singh (24) and Sagardeep SinghAlias Teji (30) The police said that AnokH had promised to pay Rs 2.5 lakhs to the contract assassins and paid Rs 50,000 in advance. The investigation is still in progress, the police said, adding that further investigations were in progress. The couple were returning home after having dinner at a hotel on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road, police had said.
