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Blood soaked body of youth found behind petrol pump, 4 arrested

Durg. On Sunday night, a young man was brutally murdered by strangulation and crushing his head with a stone in the field behind Manish Petrol Pump located on Pulgaon Bypass Road under Padmanabhpur police station area. After the murder, the accused threw the body near the drain. The deceased Topchand Dhritalhare, 40, was a resident of Potiya colony. He used to work as an electrician. After preliminary investigation, the police have detained four suspected youths in the case and they are being interrogated. During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused and the murder victim had gone to the ground behind Manish Travels Petrol Pump to drink alcohol at night.

At night everyone drank alcohol together and then there was a dispute between them over some issue. After which the accused killed him by strangulating him and pelting a stone on his head. On Monday morning, nearby people saw the blood-soaked body of Topchand Dhritalhare near the drain in the field and informed the police. Padmanabhpur police has started investigating the case by sending the body to the mortuary for post-mortem. During preliminary investigation, the police also found out that the deceased Topchand Dhritalhare was also involved in giving money in interest. His murder is also being linked to money transactions. The four suspected youths who were taken into custody have been arrested by the police. The suspected youths are said to be laborers and old acquaintances of the deceased. However, Durg CSP Chirag Jain will soon reveal the entire matter in the evening.

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