Sequel to Discovery of Body in Hungjao Creek Dalip Singh, Indian private watchman, appeared before Mr. L T Morris, acting Registrar, in H. M. Police Court yesterday and war formally charged with the murder of his 22-year old wife, Charon Kur, late last month. Mr. P. Watkyn Williams, for the prosecution, called evidence of the arrest of Dalip Singh by Det. Sub-Inspector A. J Toon on Tuesday night and the case was then adjourned to October 19.
Charon Kur, who had just returned to live with her husband at 297
Hungjao Road after being evacuated to India during the hostilities, was found dead in a sack which had been thrown into a creek off Hung-Jao Road on September 29. The body was tied up.
An inquest was opened on Charon Kur on September 30, when Dalip Singh identified the dead woman a: being his wife. The inquest was then adjourned sine die.
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