NRI
woman arrested after ex-lover dies and his fiance remains critical
'in cyanide poisoning'
London, Jan 29, 2009
Sant Parkash Singh
NRI Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, and his
fiancee
Gurjeeta Kaur, 21, were admitted to the West Middlesex
Hospital when they had become seriously ill after eating food at
home in Feltham. Mr. Cheema collapsed and died at 2.36am. Gurjeeta
Kaur was described as in critical condition.
The hospital officials became suspicious about the
nature of their illness and called the police. The police thought
that lethal chemicals were allegedly slipped into the couple’s
food. It sparked a massive alert with police fearing a biological
or chemical attack. They sealed off the house and teams wearing
nuclear and chemical fallout suits were called. They thought airborne
chemical or biological attack was under way. A special vans fitted
with air filtration systems and firefighters were called to follow
up.
After testing, the HPA declared safe area. The police
started murder investigation. On Thursday, a post mortem conducted
at Fulham Mortuary. The sources said that tests found cyanide, or
any cyanide product was added to their food
TWO NRIs ARRESTED:
- Lakhver Kaur, 39, ex-lover of Lakhvinder Cheema,
was arrested over a suspected cyanide poisoning that killed Lakhvinder
Cheema and left his fiancée Gurjeeta Kaur fighting for
her life. She works for a catering company. It is believed that
she is married mother (3 kids) and also had relationship with
Lakhve's brothe-in-law.
- Varinda Singh, 54, brother-in-law ( Lakhvinder
Cheema's sister's husband) of Windsor, was arrested on suspicion
of murder and attempted murder. The detectives are examining if
he played a part in a conspiracy.

Lakhvinder Cheema and Varinda Singh, brother-in-law ( Lakhvinder
Cheema's sister's husband)
One line of police inquiry is that they were targeted
because their relationship had "dishonoured" the Punjabi
Sikh families.
Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, worked for
a pest control company- Rentokil-Initial since 1994. He lived in
his four-bedroom home with two tanents. He was renovating his house
to settle with his fiancée. The couple, who had been due
to marry in India in March. His company supervisor
said he was lovely man, very polite, good hurted person and help
others.
He had recently separated from Lakhver Kaur.

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