Forty-year-old Panchami Devi alias Shephali wife of Shersingh Gorai, was murdered suspected by his brother-in-law past mid-night. The police on Sunday arrested the accused a 45-year-old man at Premnagar under Telco police station area on wee hours of Sunday.
The murder accused, who is in police custody now was identified as Birbal Gorai, a resident of Premnagar. The murder victim was identified as Panchami Devi alias Shephali (40) wife of Shersingh Gorai.
According to information, the murder accused who owns a grocery shop at Premnagar had put Shephali's body into a sack which he hid in a nearby in a bush located about one kilometre away from his by carrying it in a car
Hit by the incident, Shephali's husband Shersingh informed the police, leading a police team to nab the culprit and subsequently reveal the place where the sack containing the body was traced.
Officer-in-charge, Telco police station, Jayant Tirkey said that the murder of a middle-aged woman by her own brother-in-law at their house in Premnagar past midnight.
"We are investigating the incident we will study all aspects before reaching to a conclusion. We have recovered the body after getting a complaint from the victim's husband Shersingh. We first nabbed the culprit and subsequently traced the body," said Tirkey. He, however, said the murder seemed to be a result of family dispute over property, but did not rule out the possibility of a witch-hunting.
Tirkey said the accused killed the woman by hitting with an lPG cylinder sometime in late in the night.
The victim's son, Deepak Gorai, however, claimed that his uncle Birbal killed his mother on suspecting her to be a witch.
"All was not well in our family. A year ago my grandfather died after a brief illness. Then my uncle had declared that my mother was responsible for his death as she is a witch. He had even threatened to kill my mother," said Deepak who works in Tata Motors.
Families of both Birbal Gorai and Shersingh Gorai reside at the same house in Premnagar. When Birbal runs a grocery shop at the Premnagar market, the younger brother Shersingh would work in a private company.
Sharing the events leading to incident, he said that when he returned home the door of his uncle locked from outside and there was no trace of his mother. On inspecting the house, he found bloodstains inside the kitchen. Only then he along with father went to the Telco police station and informed the police. As a police party started searching my mother, they saw uncle's car on the way.
After an hour-long probe, the accused admitted that he has killed her and concealed the body in a sack before carrying to an isolated place beside a pond in Telco area.