AMRITSAR: An NRI lady, who arrived in the city to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, was killed when she fell from a rickshaw after robbers attacked her.

The incident occurred when Kalpana Walia, along with her husband Paramjit Singh Walia, was going in a rickshaw on the Lawrence road in the city on Sunday night.

In his report to the police, her husband said two motorcycle-borne youths attacked them and tried to snatch the purse of the woman, who fell from the rickshaw during a scuffle and was declared brought dead when rushed to a hospital.

"This is a doubtful case and it would be difficult to say that some looters have attacked on Kalpana in a bid to snatch her purse," SSP, Amritsar, Kuvar Vijay Partap Singh said.

Her husband reported the matter a day after the death. Kalpana was declared brought dead by the hospital at 8.30 on Sunday night and the matter was reported to the police today at 10.00 am, he said.

The body of Kalpana has been sent for post mortem in spite of much reluctance of her husband who was not willing for the autopsy of his wife, he said.

The deceased had come from Canada to the city with her husband to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple on her 25th marriage anniversary.