Indian-origin girl is said, buried alive by ex-boyfriend in Australia: News | World news

An Indian nursing student was strangled by rope and buried alive by her ex-boyfriend in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, a court heard Wednesday, according to a report by 9News (text beyond payment). 21-year-old Jasmeen Kaur was stalked, abducted and killed by her ex-boyfriend Tarikjot Singh in March 2021, in a “revenge of revenge”, the court was told during the hearing.

Singh dumped the girl in a shallow grave about 400 km from where she was last seen on her way to her workplace in Adelaide.

Singh initially denied the allegation, saying Kaur had killed herself, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter before standing trial in February this year, the report added.

The court was told that Singh had planned the murder because he could not overcome the damage to their relationship. Kaur’s mother, Rashpaul, said Singh was obsessed with her daughter, who wrote to her “a hundred times”.

Singh kidnapped Kaur from her workplace and carried her for several hours while she was confined in the back of the car. His body was found blindfolded, feet tied with rope ties and gaffer tape in a shallow grave in the Flinders Ranges.

Lawyer Carmen Matteo said the crime was of an “unusual level of brutality”. “You have to have experienced what you can describe as absolute horror of breathing and moving home and dying that way,” he added.

Kaur’s family, including her mother, have previously said they are “sick at the thought” of what her daughter endured in her final moments.

Singh was told in court that he would be jailed for life, the report added.