MANSA: A few hours after an elderly man was killed and another person injured, police arrested a man and his sister-in-law on charges of killing the father-in-law and causing serious injuries to the brother-in-law.

The accused, Binder Singh of Rureke Kalan village and his sister-in-law Sukhpreet Kaur of Alisher Kalan village in Mansa allegedly had an

. Binder Singh allegedly killed his father-in-law Banta Singh and seriously injured his brother-in-law Gurpreet Singh (Sukhpreet’s husband) on Sunday. Sukhpreet aided him in the crime, police said.

Binder Singh of Rureke Kalan village in Barnala district married Banta Singh’s daughter Rani Kaur of Alisher Kalan village nearly 18 years ago. Banta Singh’s son Gurpreet Singh was married to Sukhpreet Kaur of Jhunir nearly 10 years ago. The family said Binder Singh and Sukhpreet Kaur had an affair which Sukhpreet’s husband and father-in-law objected to.

Mansa SSP Narinder Bhargav said, “On Sunday night, Binder reached his in-laws’ place at Alisher Kalan village on motorcycle, much to the chagrin of his brother-in-law Gurpreet. Gurpreet did not want Binder to come inside but his wife Sukhpreet opposed her husband. Binder attacked Gurpreet with a sharp-edged weapon and then his father-inlaw Banta.”