Surajpur. The police have arrested an accused in the murder case that took place four days back in Kudargarh area of the district. In fact, on June 14, a person was informed at the Kudargarh police station that a dead body of a person was lying near the waterfall of Maa Bageshwari Kudargarh Dham, after which the police reached the spot and sent the dead body for post-mortem. The deceased has been identified as Imran Khan of Kotma area in Madhya Pradesh.
After the report of murder in the post-mortem report, the police registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and started investigating the matter. In the investigation, the police came to know that the deceased had come to Kudargarh with the family of his childhood friend Santosh Domar, on the basis of which the police interrogated Santosh in custody and he confessed his crime. The accused told that he killed his childhood friend Ibrar as he suspected the deceased Ibrar of having an illicit relationship with his wife. At present, the police have registered a case of murder against the accused Santosh and sent him to judicial custody.