Armaan Singh, 18, who allegedly shot dead his father, a UT police head constable, at their Sector 22 residence last Friday, had also planned to kill his mother so he could inherit the family property and live comfortably with the girl he was in a relationship with, police said.
His parents had asked him to wait until he was older. This enraged him. Before he could kill her, however, Monica managed to run to the terrace and call out to neighbours for help. Armaan, meanwhile, was allegedly so convinced that he would get away with the crime that he stayed at the spot instead of fleeing, and spoke to the police personnel when they arrived at the spot. He initially tried to mislead the police by claiming that an unidentified person had entered the house, shot his father and fled. He further claimed that he had tried to catch the intruder, during which his shirt was torn.
A senior police official who questioned the accused said Armaan, the only child of head constable Nitin Singh and sub-inspector Monica, was eyeing a house in Zirakpur that his father had recently purchased, as well as a 7-8-acre plot the family owned at a prime location in Panchkula’s Khatauli village. “Armaan wanted to marry the girl even though he wasn’t even 19 yet.
He wanted to take a shortcut, get the land and properties, worth crores, in his name and live life on his terms,” the senior police official said. After shooting his father, Armaan allegedly tried to strangle his mother, according to police. She allegedly told them that Armaan had killed his father, following which they alerted the police. Police officials, however, said they did not find his account convincing and eventually arrested him.
The teenager, whose police remand ended on Tuesday, was produced in court again, following which his custody was extended by four days. When Monica discovered Nitin’s body, Armaan allegedly told her, “We’ll all die today.
