A woman in her 40s was found murdered on Monday in her home at Hulhundu.
The incident reportedly happened on the night of July 26 and two people have been arrested in connection with the incident. The woman’s head was crushed with a heavy stone.
According to police, the woman who has been identified as Anjali Kumari was employed with a beer factory and she had developed an illicit relationship with the principal accused Vinay Kumar who was employed as guard in the same factory. One other person Santosh has been arrested to assist Kumar in carrying out the murder. The dead body has been sent for postmortem.
"Vinay had illicit relationship with Anjali. Both have confessed their involvement in the incident that supposedly happened under the
influence of alcohol," said Tupudana PS in-charge.
On the night of July 26 the two accused accompanied Anjali to her house, they consumed alcohol and soon started quarreling and in a fit of rage Vinay hit the woman with stone, said the Tupudana PS in-charge. Anjali was a resident of West Bengal and she used to live alone while her husband lived in the neighbouring State. The victim used to alone live in a rented house in Hulhundu.
Meanwhile, in another incident at Tupudana, police arrested one person suspecting his involvement in the murder of Gram Pradhan of Medha village under Tupudana OP. The incident had happened on July 20 at 9pm when the deceased lakshman Pahan was
returning home.