Dehradun Police recovered a body from a sack, from Dudhai village in Sahaspur on Tuesday noon. The incident triggered panic in the area. later, the body was identified. The deceased was a widower living along in the village at Tilwari.
Police suspected his brothers might have strangled him to death and dumped his body with salt in the gorge after putting it in a sack. Dispute over five bigha land between the deceased and his brothers might have caused Balbeer being done in, police suspect. Probe is on. No arrest has been made so far.
Some local residents who had gone to collect fodders in a deep gorge along the mountainous area of Dudhai, Sahaspur around 11 am had smelled a putrid smell. Then they had found a frozen body lying there, wrapped in a sack. Police were informed.
With the direction of SSP Dr Sadanand Date, the SP Rural TD Bela, CO SK Singh, Sahaspur police station in-charge Mukesh Tyagi, Special Operation Group (SOG), dog squad, homicide investigation squad and local policemen rushed to the spot. They were engaged in identifying the body. It was finally identified as that of one Balbeer who had been missing from Tilwari area for the past many days. Balbeer’s wife had died some years ago. The couple had no child. However, the deceased had two brothers, police informed.
Police were convinced, as per the preliminary investigation that Balbeer had been strangled to death with a rope. The body had been dumped in the gorge later, police said
According to the deceased’s neighbours, Balbeer was a labourer working as construction worker in the village. They further said he had been living alone in his house since his wife had died. Besides, he had around five bigha land in the village under his ownership.
It is further learnt that he had got involved in a brawl with his two brothers a few days ago over the right of the land he was supposed to be in possession of.
Circle officer SK Singh said that team has been formed to crack the case. He further said those responsible for the murder would be grabbed soon. Police station officer Mukesh Tyagi said that the post-mortem of the body being held, the body was handed over to the family members.