Raipur. Three accused have been arrested in the Khamtrai murder case. Disclosing this, the police said that police station Khamtrai had received information that the dead body of an unknown man was lying in front of the electricity office located in Khamtrai Gondwara, on which the police team of police station Khamtrai went to the spot and found the dead body after examining and seeing it. It was found that apart from inflicting injuries on the head, face, lips, jaw of the deceased with some object, a piece of black belt was stuck around the neck and blood marks were found on the stone lying nearby. Prima facie it appears that some unknown person had killed the deceased by pelting him with a stone on his head and face causing serious injuries. For the identification of the deceased, on the basis of tattoos on the body of the deceased and the people around were interrogated. While ascertaining the deceased by the members of the police team, the deceased was identified as Khamtarai resident Ganesh Sahu father Dashrath Sahu. On which crime number 441/2023 Section 302 Bhadvi was registered against the unknown accused in police station Khamtarai. Offense was registered.
On which, under the direction of senior officers, the joint team of Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit and Thana Khamtarai, in connection with the incident, started making detailed inquiries with the family members of the deceased and the nearby people to trace the unknown accused. CCTV installed at the scene of the incident and its surroundings by the members of the team. Along with observing the footage of the cameras, informers were also appointed to trace the unknown accused in the case. Efforts were being made by the team members to ascertain the identity of the unknown accused involved in the incident while doing technical analysis and also through other received evidences to ascertain the identity of the unknown accused.
Meanwhile, the team members got information that the deceased was last seen with Bhupendra Banjare, Aishlal Kurre and Santosh Kurre, residents of Khamtarai. On which the members of the team were constantly being misled by stating that they were not involved in the crime in any way, after catching the addresses of Bhupendra Banjare, Aishlal Kurre and Santosh Kurre and inquiring about the incident. On taking statements of both, on taking separate statements of all three, on finding differences in their statements, the suspicion of the team members deepened on all three that, on strict questioning based on the evidence received, all three could not stand in front of their lies. And finally the deceased Ganesh Sahu was told to be murdered.
During interrogation, the accused said that they were unfamiliar with the deceased Ganesh Sahu and on the date of the incident, the deceased Ganesh Sahu was sitting alone at some distance from the scene of the incident and was using his mobile phone. Asked to light the torch in the phone, on which the deceased gave his mobile phone to Aishkumar Kurre. Aishkumar Kurre took his mobile phone and went near the spot of incident. After which, after the deceased asked for his mobile phone back from all three, the accused in a fit of rage assaulted the deceased Ganesh Sahu by saying that he would not give back his mobile phone and kept it near the scene of the incident, hitting the deceased on his head and face with a stone and killed him. And fled with his mobile phone. After arresting the three accused, action was taken against the accused by seizing the mobile phone of the deceased and the stone used in the incident.
Arrested accused-
- Bhupendra Banjare father Sunil Banjare age 20 years resident near Lavkush Furniture Gondwara police station Khamtrai Raipur.
- Aishlal Kurre father Samokhan Kurre age 22 years resident of Lavkush Furniture Gondwara police station Khamtrai Raipur.
03 Santosh Kurre father Samokhan Kurre age 19 years resident of Lavkush Furniture Gondwara police station Khamtrai Raipur.
