PThe police here solved a murder mystery of a woman whose half-burnt body was recovered on October 10 in the Beheda Reserve Forest under the Umarkote police limits.
Nabarangpur district SP Vivekananda Sarma in a Press meet said the victim, Bimala Bhagal, was a native of village Gingada, under Mainpur Police station of Chhattisgarh State.
She was the widow of one Gajandar Bhagal who died ten years back.
After the death of her husband she developed love affairs with her brother-in-law Basu Bhagal and had illicit relationship with him.
As she was pressurising him to get married, Basu planned the murder of Bimala, the SP said.
He took the help of one Buduram Harijan of village Latapada under Deobhog police station of Chattisgarh. On October 10 as per plan, Basu took Bimala to Beheda reserve forest. Buduram who was already present there cut hold the hands of Bimla and Basu strangulated her with a napkin. After committing the murder, both dragged the body of Bimla into the deep forest and after pouring petrol on the body they set it on fire.
The police recovered the mobile phone of Bimla from a nearby village boy who acquired the same from the crime spot.
Basing on the mobile phone, the police could reach to the accused persons.
The accused confessed to have committed the crime before the police and was arrested, informed Sarma.