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Missing Ranjit Power: Indian police charge murder suspect | |
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A man has confessed to the murder of a British businessman who disappeared in India three weeks ago, police have said. | |
Ranjit Singh Power, a 54-year-old hotelier from Wolverhampton was last seen at an airport in Amritsar, Punjab on 8 May. | |
After he did not contact his family for a week, they feared he had been kidnapped and reported him missing. | |
The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British national in India. | The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British national in India. |
Assistant Jalandhar Police commissioner Balwinder Singh Kahlon told the BBC they have charged a man with murder and have police divers searching for a body. | |
Local journalist Ravinder Singh Robin said a local man has been arrested and police are examining a car they believe to be connected to the case. | |
Mr Robin said Mr Power had been strangled. | Mr Robin said Mr Power had been strangled. |