Senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother Gurcharan Kaur, who were murdered at their Mohali residence on intervening night of September 22 and 23 by unidentified persons, were on Sunday cremated at the Mohali (Balongi) cremation ground in accordance with full religious rites.
The funeral pyre was lit by KJ Singh’s elder brother, Vijaypal Singh.
The postmortem was conducted on Sunday at Government Civil Hospital, Mohali.
Earlier, on behalf of Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, his media adviser Raveen Thukral laid wreath and paid homage to the departed souls.
He said that the killers would not be spared and would soon be in the police net. He further said that the Chief Minister has already constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the double murder so as to nab the perpetrators as soon as possible.
Condemning the tragic incident, he expressed deep sympathies with the bereaved family and called it a void never to be filled. He also assured every help to the bereaved family.
Ex-Resident Editor of the Indian Express Vipin Pubby, ex-Editor of Daily Post Sarabjit Pandher, Editor Babushahi.com Baljit Balli and a vast number of members of media fraternity from Chandigarh and Mohali besides Councillor Kuljit Singh Bedi, family members of KJ Singh and other dignitaries were also present.