Sensation gripped the posh residential area of Dhatkidih after body of a 36-year-old youth was found lying inside the fencing of Beldih lake under Bistupur police station area early this morning . The body bores mark of deep cuts on the throat and abdomen, suggesting that he was stabbed to death.
A resident of Dhatkidih who was passing through the road identified the body to be that of Rupesh Agrawal, a resident of B-Block at Madhusudhan loke in Sonari.
Police said this to be a case of murder, but failed to conclude as to what led to murder and who might be involved in the killing.
Officer-in-charge, Bistupur poliec station, Anuj Kumar said that it was too early to comment. They are investigating the incident. Rupesh was a bachelor and would live away from his family who stayed at Sonari.
“As per our initial findings we think that the victim must have been stabbed to death between 1 am to 3 am today. But we do not have any information to the assailant,” said Kumar.
The officer-in-charge said that the murder victim was a bachelor and would do business at Dhatkidih.
“The victim used to consume alcohol and narcotic substance. As a result of which he had to leave his house at Sonari and staying alone at a rented house in Dhatkidih since the past three months. Nno body in the family could say anything about his activity,” said the officer-in-charge.
The police have recovered the body and sent it to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post mortem having taken a statement from the victim's brother Sanjay Agrawal.
“We are in state of shock and don’t know what led to the gruesome act. My brother would consume liquor and take drugs, and would away from our house. We did not know who were his friends and why was he murdered,” said Agrawal while talking to newsmen.
A resident of Dhatkidih said that Rupesh’s father had a house at Sonar line in Dhatkidih, but they sold out the house two years ago and had shifted to a new house in Sonari. As Rupesh had grown up at Dhatkidih locality, he used to regularly visit his old place.
Notably, Rupesh’s body was found close to the lake adjoining the posh Beldih golf course. The area is known as safe haven for drug addicts.