Bhopal

Two held for killing woman

Staff Reporter

Katara Hills police have arrested two persons for killing a 38-year-old woman on Wednesday near Barrai trisection; one of the accused was live-in partner of deceased.

The nabbed accused persons were identified as Ajay Yadav (50) and Abdul Jabbar Ansari who strangulated the deceased Nidhi Thakur and later dumped body in Katara Hills.

In the initial investigation police found that the Ajay was missing after the incident and later police raided his friend Ram Singh’s house in Piparia who told the police that he left the house a day before the incident and was along with the deceased. Based on the information police tracked Ajay from his house at Radhapuram in Misrod.

The accused confessed that the deceased used to work at Milan restaurant and left her husband one and a half years ago. He provided a house at Kattipur Ghati and used to provide Rs 10000 per month and would also provided Rs 100 to Rs 200 daily still she demanded to make a fix deposit of Rs 1 lakh each for her daughters.

On October 22 he went to Chhindwara to visit a witch doctor and when he returned he met Ram Singh. After he reached Mandideep he contacted Jabbar and revealed that he is frustrated from the demands of the deceased. They took the deceased behind Lupin factory and they strangulated her to death.

The police registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and in the investigation nabbed the two accused. The main accused Ajay works as contractor with Nahar factory in Mandideep.