The Hyderabad police on Thursday arrested an HR manager of an engineering firm for allegedly killing his nephew nearly two years back after suspecting that he was having an affair with his girlfriend.
Hailing from Ganjam in Odisha, Bijay Kumar Maharana (37) worked in various call centers in New Delhi and Noida. He killed his nephew, Jai Prakash, on February 7, 2016 in his rented flat in Dwarka in New Delhi, police said.
“Maharana was arrested by a police team from Hyderabad on Sunday with the help of technical surveillance. He was serving as an HR Manager in an engineering company there,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajendra Singh Sagar said.
“Maharana had dragged his nephew’s body to the balcony and buried it under the soil. Saplings were planted to divert attention,” Sagar said.
“During college days, Maharana had befriended one Priyanka in Odisha. Priyanka had later moved to New Delhi for pursing higher studies in 2012. He also later shifted to New Delhi after completing Bachelor on Computer Applications(BCA) and started working as a Senior Associate in a Noida-based call centre,” he added.
“Maharana and Priyanka continued to be in a relationship and met frequently. But in 2015, Jai Prakash had came to Delhi from Hyderabad. Maharana and Jai Prakash used to live together in the flat. But Jai Prakash also later got acquainted with her during their common meetings,” he said.