Piplani police with the help of Bihar police has nabbed an accused wanted in attempt to murder former administration officer of BMHRC Rai Madhukar Sahay and robbery of Rs 20 lakh from Sahay’s house at Siddharth lake City society on June 13, 2017; accused was nabbed from Purniya village in Bihar on July 22, said SP Bhopal (South) Siddharta Bahuguna while speaking with the media persons on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police (South) Siddharth Bahuguna said that the accused was traced on June 16 based on the mobile phone location but he managed to escape leaving the valuables.
later in the investigation during the search he was traced in his village on July 22 and was nabbed. During the investigation SP Bahuguna declared a reward of Rs 10,000 for providing information of accused.
Bahuguna said that footages of the accused have been found from Bhopal railway station and scooter used by the accused to escape and reach railway station has been recovered. Based on the footages of the accused direction in which he had escaped would be investigated.
Former administration officer of BMHRC Rai Madhukar Sahay was captivated by his domestic help Prem and attacked with sharp edged weapon and scissors and escaped with valuables worth Rs 20 lakh. The victim is reportedly stable.
Notably the incident took place between 9 to 11 am on June 13 when the victim was at home. The accused chained the dogs outside and committed the crime. Victim’s wife found the victim in pool of blood when she returned around 4 pm.
Victim’s wife Dr Anjali Sahay works as Psychiatrist with BMHRC. The victim’s brother-in-law is the former CBI director Ranjit Sinha.
The domestic help was deployed on May 29 through a placement agency in Delhi and from the day his was deployed the victim was suspicious and used to talk over mobile phone with his father in Bihar.