Melbourne: In a horrific act of vengeance, a 21-year-old Indian nursing student in Australia named Jasmeen Kaur was abducted by her jilted ex-boyfriend from India, driven nearly 650 km and buried alive in South Australia state’s remote Flinders Ranges, a court has heard. From Adelaide City, Kaur was killed by Tarikjot Singh in March 2021, a month after reporting him to the police for stalking.
She was abducted from her workplace on March 5, 2021, and driven more than 644 km while bound with cable ties in the boot of a car Singh had borrowed from his flatmate. He buried her in a small grave after giving her "superficial" throat wounds that were enough to kill her and she was aware of her surroundings when she died at some point on March 6.
Singh pleaded guilty to the murder but the horrific details of his crime came to light during sentencing submissions at the Supreme Court. Prosecutor Carmen Matteo said the murder was “not efficient” and Kaur was “made to suffer”. Kaur’s family, including her mother, were in the court to hear the sentencing submissions. “(It was) a killing that was committed as an act of vengeance or as an act of revenge,” he said.