Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, announced that on December 19, 2024, Sourav Kumar, 23, and Gaurav Singh, 27, both of Greenwood, Indiana, were charged with Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder in connection with the death of Kuldeep Kumar, 35, of India, in Manchester Township on or about October 22, 2024. Additionally, on December 20, 2024, Nirmal Singh, 30, and Gurdeep Singh, 22, also of Greenwood, Indiana, were both charged with the same crimes relative to Mr. Kumar’s death.
On December 14, 2024, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit was contacted for a report of a deceased individual who had been located in the Greenwood Wildlife Management Area in Manchester Township. Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, New Jersey State Police Major Crime Unit, New Jersey State Police Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Manchester Township Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and New Jersey Conservation Police Department, discovered a deceased individual in a state of advanced decomposition.
On December 15, 2024, the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office performed a post-mortem examination of the deceased individual. The Medical Examiner concluded that the cause of the individual’s death was multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, and the manner of death to be homicide. With assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the individual was identified as a male – Kuldeep Kumar, 35, of India…