Seraikela:

The younger son of the first wife of a studio owner, who was shot dead in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district a week ago, was arrested after he was found to be the conspirator of the murder, a police officer said on Sunday.

Besides the son Rakesh Gorai, who held a grudge against his father for allegedly neglecting the first wife and her children, two 19-year-old contract killers were arrested.

Dilip Gorai (60) was shot dead inside his studio in busy Chandil market by two motorcycle-borne killers soon after he opened it on the morning of January 13.

Rakesh, known as a well-behaved person in the locality, used to earn his livelihood by selling fish in the market to look after his ailing mother who was allegedly neglected by her husband, Chandil Sub-Divisional Police Officer Arvind Kumar Binha said.

Rakesh’s brother was killed in a road accident about a year ago and he alone had to spend a lot for the treatment of his mother, a heart patient, Binha said.

“He was not getting any financial support from his father, whose four children from second wife were living a decent life, pursuing medical and engineering courses. One son was employed in the railway,” the SDPO said.

Angered by his father’s behaviour to his mother and her two children, Rakesh hired the contract killers for Rs 65,000 to eliminate him, Binha said.

On the morning of January 13, the two hitmen entered the studio and shot Dilip Gorai dead. He was declared dead on arrival after he was taken to Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur.

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Ranchi:

A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner in a forested area and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.

The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.

Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.

“The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested,” Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.

Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.

“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand,” Singh told PTI.

Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man’s village.

“Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife,” Singh said.

The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.

Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman’s belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter’s belongings.

“The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces,” the official added.

The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.

Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.

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