A contractor, whose body was recovered from near Anarwala Petrol Pump under Garhi Cant police station on Friday night, was allegedly murdered. It has revealed on Saturday morning when wife of the deceased reached Dhara police post to lodge an FIR with the police about her missing husband.
The deceased was identified as Baij Kumar, a native of Bihar and currently residing in Chukkhuwala, Dehradun. Police said that Saraswati Devi, the wife of the deceased, identified the body. She alleged that some persons called up her husband on Friday evening but he didn’t turn up home till late night.
The woman said that her husband possessed `1 lakh in cash and a mobile phone when he left home. She told the police that despite repeated efforts she failed to contact her husband on his mobile. When she briefed the police personnel about appearance of her husband, they informed her that the appearance of her husband was similar to that of the recovered body.
They took her to district hospital and showed body to her. Seeing the body, which was recovered from near the petrol pump in Anarwala area, she identified it as her husband. Kin of the deceased alleged that he was murdered. After completing the formalities, the police sent body for the post-mortem that revealed cause of death as throttling.
Superintendent of Police (city) Dr Jagdish Chandra said that police registered a case of murder under relevant section of the IPC. Further investigation was on in the matter. Inspector Cant Raghuveer Singh Aswal said that the case was registered following a complaint Ramratan, a relative of the deceased.
In the beginning, Baij Singh used to supply building material to the local areas. But, around two years back, he started supplying the material to the big construction sites, expanding his business to various localities of the city.