Misrod police have nabbed a 27-year-old absconding murder accused involved in killing a 22-year-old BDS student on September 7, 2016 at Krishanapuram Colony under Misrod police station; accused carried a reward of Rs 2000 over his head.
Sunil alias Mathur Shrivastava, who was wanted in the murder case of Poonam Gautam, was nabbed from Mandideep on Tuesday.
Both the accused nd the deceased were the tenants. The accused used to work as driver. The accused remained absconding for the past eight months after the murder.
Poonam was pushed from the terrace of the second floor of the house which resulted in her death. The police suspect that the accused after failing to sexually assault her pushed her off the terrace.
Poonam was found in an unconscious state by her house owner and was rushed to JP hospital where she was declared dead.
The deceased was a third year student of BDS from Bhabha Institute. The deceased hailed from Sidhi and used to live with her brother.
In the initial investigation bruises over the body and injury marks over the neck indicates signs of struggle. The height of the building is not tall from which one could sustain such kind of injuries which were witness over the deceased’s body. It was not clear that the deceased was sexually assaulted.
Deceased’s brother Jagatpati Gautam used to work at a factory in Mandideep and left for work at around 12 in the night after which the accused committed the crime.