The motive force tried to hurry away however the police personnel foiled the transfer. (Representational)
Jamshedpur:
A junior engineer was arrested in Jamshedpur after he was caught shifting round in a automobile within the early hours of Friday with a physique stuffed in a cricket equipment bag and saved within the boot, police mentioned.
Police has taken away the physique, East Singhbhum senior superintendent of police M Tamil Vanan mentioned.
The SSP mentioned the engineer confessed throughout interrogation that the physique was that of a moneylender, who was a resident of Kasidih locality in Jamshedpur and had visited his residence, when none of his members of the family had been current, with a girl on Thursday afternoon.
However quickly two individuals, together with the girl’s husband, arrived and an altercation befell with the moneylender. Through the quarrel one of many two males picked up a cricket bat and hit the moneylender injuring him fatally, he confessed.
The SSP mentioned the engineer claimed that he had agreed to dispose the moneylender’s physique as the 2 males threatened him. He purchased the sports activities equipment bag from Sakchi market, stuffed the physique into it to keep away from detection and saved it within the automobile’s booty to dispose it.
In the meantime, the 2 males demanded Rs 50 lakh from the engineer’s members of the family on WhatsApp for his secure launch. Nevertheless, they agreed to launch the engineer after his members of the family consented to pay Rs 25 lakh, police officer mentioned.
The household approached the police after they did not contact the engineer on his two cellphones.
The SSP mentioned a particular investigation group was shaped instantly and the police technical cell was alerted to catch the 2 males who had been sending messages to the engineer’s ceaselessly over cell phone demanding the ransom from totally different places of the metal metropolis.
Suspecting that the 2 males had been shifting round in a automobile with the junior engineer, the police launched a verify and intercepted the automobile after midnight, he mentioned.
The motive force tried to hurry away however the police personnel foiled the transfer and located the physique within the boot.
Raids are on to catch the 2 males, Mr Vanan added.
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