Durg. The police has arrested Tapan Sarkar, a famous gangster of the district and the main accused in the Mahadev Mahar murder case. He has earlier served the sentence for the Mahadev Mahar murder case, but this time the police have arrested Tapan on charges of a murder that took place in Khursipar. A month ago, Khursipar police raided Tapan Sarkar’s house and other places in Sikolabhatha Fort, but he escaped by dodging the police. But this time a joint team of Raipur and Durg police surrounded a farmhouse in Champaran and arrested him.
In fact, on March 8, 2023, on the day of Holi, Shubham Rajput was murdered in Khursipar area. After the murder, the accused servant Nishad was arrested by the police. The police was busy investigating the reasons for the murder. During investigation, the police came to know that Shubham Rajput used to do extortion work for gangster Tapan Sarkar. Even on the day of Holi, he had gone to ask for money from the accused. There was a dispute between the two in the accused’s house regarding money transaction, after which the accused killed Shubham by slitting his throat with a cutter. The police was also investigating the role of gangster Tapan Sarkar in this murder.
