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Wife, mother-in-law among four held for murder of Ramgarh man found near Parsa Nala
Rohit Kumar's body was found by a bridge on the Giddi-Naisarai road three days after he went missing following a quarrel at a Durga Puja fair. Police say the accused have confessed.
Key points
- Rohit Kumar, 38, was found dead with multiple injuries near a bridge on 21 October.
- A special investigation team arrested four people, including his wife Anju Devi.
- Police seized a blood-stained wooden plank and a dupatta allegedly used in the killing.
Police in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district have arrested four people, among them the victim’s wife and mother-in-law, for the murder of a 38-year-old man whose body was found beside a bridge earlier this week.
Rohit Kumar, from Katua Beda village in Mandu block, lived in a rented house in Ramgarh town. His body, with several injury marks, was found on the morning of 21 October near a bridge over the Parsa Nala on the Giddi-Naisarai road.
He and his wife, Anju Devi, 32, had gone to a Durga Puja fair in Argada, where the two are said to have argued. Kumar went missing after that. His brother, Karan Kumar, filed a written complaint at Mandu (Kuju) police station.
A special investigation team led by SDPO Alok Ranjan made the arrests on Saturday. Ramgarh Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Lunayat said “technical and circumstantial evidence indicated that Rohit was murdered by his wife, Anju Devi”.
Besides Anju Devi, police arrested Kumar’s mother-in-law Sundari Devi, 51, his brother-in-law Dineshwar Prajapati, 26, and Md Shoukat Ansari, 35.
Police say all four confessed during questioning. Officers seized a blood-stained wooden plank and a dupatta that they believe were used in the killing. The accused have been sent to judicial custody.
Investigators suspect the murder followed frequent quarrels between the couple over Anju Devi’s alleged extramarital affair. She had also filed a police complaint linked to the dispute, police said.