Fashion designer drowns in a well in Punjab

Ludhiana, Mar 8 (UNI) A local fashion designer died after falling into a 170-foot deep well at her parents home near Sangeet Cinema in the city late last night, police today said.

The victim identified as Rajni, was the daughter of the cinema owner and a neice of Dr Manjit Kaur, daughter of former President, Giani Zail Singh. Her dead body was taken out of the well by army divers this morning.

The police have sent the body for postmortem and are investigating the matter. The parents in a statement to the police claimed that Rajni had gone to draw water from the well when she slipped and fell into it.

The police are also working on a probable suicide angle, as the victim was reportedly unhappy over her engagement to an NRI.

UNI