In a tragic turn of events, the search of a 17-year-old girl who had gone missing from her house in Ekta Nagar, Gudhiyari a few days back ended after her body was found in a river at Berla in Bemetara district.
Three persons have been arrested in this connection, a police official informed here on Saturday. According to police, the deceased was identified as Shobha Jha (17), resident of Ekta Nagar under the limits of Gudhiyari police station Raipur. Her body was recovered from river Kharun in village Balaundikala under Berla police station.
Berla, Station House Officer (SHO) NK Swarnakar informed that after the body of girl was found on Friday, the other police stations were alerted and later she was identified as Shobha Jha who was missing from Raipur. The case was investigated and three persons were questioned in this connection, including the teacher whom Shobha used to visit for tutions along with two others. Balchand Sahu (28), Abhay Singh (18) and Hitendra Sinha (18), all residents of Gogaon Raipur have been rounded up, SHO said adding, Balchand Sahu was the teacher who offered tutions to the deceased.
Based on the evidences gathered during investigations, the accused were rounded up and subjected to intense interrogation, wherein the trio broke down and confessed the crime, police claimed. SHO further informed that the accused Balchand told police that he had a relationship with Shobha and she was constantly pressurising him for marrying her. He then created a plot in connivance with Abhay and Hitendra. They took Shobha to Berla and killed her there, SHO added.
The trio have been booked under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) that reads to murder, causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.