Garhwa police have arrested a 38 years old man in connection with the murder of his married girlfriend who was allegedly forcing him to marry her. Police probed the accused who confessed to committing the crime.
Police swung into action after body of deceased was recovered in Koinbar under Manjhiaon police station on February 08. Body was identified as Afsa Tabassum a resident of village Chandrapura under Manjhiaon police station. Garhwa SP Dipak Kumar Pandey said that on the basis of the self-written statement of the police station in-charge, Majhiaon, a case was registered against unknown accused under Majhiaon Police Station Case No. 08/24 under sections of 376/302/201/34 IPC. Considering the sensitivity of the incident, Superintendent of Police, Garhwa, formed a special team led Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Garhwa.
Sheikh Salim, the accused in the case, was arrested by the team while investigating the case and the deceased woman was identified as Afsa Tabassum, aged about 30 years.
In reference to the disappearance of this woman, relatives of deceased case number 142/23 was registered in Majhiyaon police station itself.
The arrested accused Sheikh Salim is also a resident of village Bhatolia near the incident site.
The arrested confessed that he had a love affair with the deceased, he chased away and taken to Ambikapur on October 29,2023. On 18.01.2024, he came to his village to attend his brother's wedding. After attending the marriage, he went to his in-laws' house on 24.01.2024. On 26.01.2024, the deceased called and told him that I have come to Vishunpura to meet you, come and take me otherwise I will come to your house. From there, the accused took the deceased to the spot through the forest, where there was a fight between the both lovers regarding marriage and the accused forcibly had physical relations with the deceased and to avoid defamation, he murdered her by crushing her with a stone.