Three bodies were recovered near Surangi forest area by the Giridih police within jurisdiction of Rajdhanwar police station here on Tuesday. All bodies including one woman were found murdered near the Surangi forest area in under the Rajdhanwar police station of Giridih district -police sources said.
According to office-in charge RK Singh, the assailants shot them dead and threw their bullet-riddled bodies on the outskirts of the forest from where it was recovered on Tuesday. The bodies were later identified to be of 35-year-old Saffir Miya belongs to Bavani village under the same police station while other 30-year-old a woman and her 10-year-old son who were resident of Kodarma district. The Rajdhanwar police later lodged an FIR in this regard.
Two mobiles and four covers of cartridges were found at the scene. Police have not ruled out the possibility of rape before the murder. Police had sent the bodies for post-mortem and an investigation was underway, sources said, adding that a search was on to apprehend the criminal. Investigation said they were trying to find out the identity of two other deceased. No headway could be made till Tuesday evening.
Superintendent of police, Giridih Karanti Kumar Garidesi said we have sent teams to local village, so far, it seems to be a murder case, Only after receiving the autopsy report. We can say whether she was raped. Primary investigations into case suggested that the lady had illicit affairs with some one in the area. Those who were not favored by the lady might have taken the extreme step out of jealously. The tension that has gripped villagers since the bodies recovered.