THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, August 14: A tattoo unfolded a blind case of murder of a Dalit woman in Bhavnathpur in Garhwa district.
A leg, some flesh and skin of a 42-year-old woman Samitri Devi were found in the Akelwa forest under the Bansani panchayat of Bhavnathpur police station limits on August 11.
Tattoo on leg led to body’s identification
It was a tough task for the local police to ascertain the identity. She was killed on August 5.
However, one Meera Devi saw the tattoo on leg and with the help of the blue colour sari she identified the tattooed leg of the deceased to be her mother Samitri Devi.
It was a big revelation for the local police. The local police knew it would not be any difficult to crack this case now. The tattoo was like the case opening.
Meera Devi dropped the bombshell as she told the police that her mother was in relation with one Abdul Khan, 55, for over the last 5 or 6 years as her father, a migrant worker, lives far away to eke out a living there.
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Victim’s love affair with another man angered lover
SP Garhwa Deepak Kr Pandey said the Bhavnathpur police nabbed Abdul Khan and the man confessed to his crime.
“It was a case of lover’s jealousy where the presence of a second man was a heartburn leading to murder, not of the new man but the beloved,” added Deepak Kr Pandey.
“Khan told the police that he was in relation with the deceased Samitri but she was getting closer to one Kanhai Singh in recent time and that made him burn with jealousy,” Garhwa SP’s press note read.
Abdul, a junk seller and buyer, got infatuated with Samitri during the sale -purchase of the junk and their love grew in all these 5 or 6 years.
Khan told the local police that he went to his lady love on August 5 whom he found in the company of his rival Kanhai Singh.
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Lover killed woman after boozing together
Khan got so upset about this infatuation of his woman Samitri for Kanhai that he went to a local Sunt Paswan where he took wine ostensibly to drown his frustration, pain and jealousy.
There his woman Samitri too came and joined him in boozing.
The two after their drinks were over began walking down through the Akelwa forest when the two got engaged in some nasty brawl where Khan pinned down his lady love Samitri and throttled her to death on August 5.
Khan abandoned the body in the forest and came home.
The first thing that he did was he made his cell phone switched off.
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Killer remanded in judicial custody
However, following SP Garhwa Deepak Kr Pandey’s order to crack this case by all means, the Bhavnathpur police didn’t rest till it busted the murder case.
An FIR was lodged on August 11 the day the leg, tattoo etc were found. The case was cracked on August 13.
Khan has been remanded in judicial custody under sections 103(1) and 238(a) of the Bhartiya Nayaya Sanhita 2024 on August 13.
