The Ranchi Police on Friday night arrested two persons for murder of a woman in Dhurwa area. One Raj Swansi was arrested for allegedly murdering his live-in partner, with the help of his friend Sandeep Mahato. The arrest was made following the probe in relation to recovery of a body of an unidentified woman near Dhurwa Dam on April 30.
Talking to media persons here on Saturday, Superintendent of Police City, Sujata Kumari Veenapani said, “On recovering the body, a police team started investigation and identified the deceased to be one Sonamani Ekka, a resident of Patratoli under Dhurwa Police Station. Her relatives were informed about her death and a probe in the matter began.”Veenapani informed that when the police team tried to contact Swansi, he went absconding. “We launched a search operation against him and 10 days after the murder of Ekka, Swansi was arrested from Dhurwa,” she said.The City SP said that during interrogation Swansi accepted the crime and informed that he, along with his friend Sandip Kumar Mahto, killed Ekka using an illegal gun.Following the lead, police also arrested Mahato. Both the accused was arrested on Friday night.