The “history-sheeter” Kuldeep Sahu, who allegedly murdered the spouse and minor daughter of a head constable, has been arrested from a bus in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, Surajpur Police mentioned Tuesday.
Confirming the event, Inspector Common of Police Sarguja Vary Ankit Garg advised The Indian Specific: “The accused had fled to Jharkhand and was on his method again to Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh on a bus”.
The arrest comes a day after the our bodies of spouse and daughter of a head constable was present in a semi-nude state on a freeway in Pidha village, some 4 km from Surajpur. Based on the police, Sahu faces 17 felony circumstances, together with that of theft, molestation, assault and arms act towards him, and is on the Surajpur Police Station’s “Gunda Record”.
Whereas sexual assault wasn’t confirmed in a preliminary autopsy, a last report remains to be awaited.
Sahu, a resident of Surajpur, was externed from the district on October 20 final yr. He was arrested earlier this yr for leaping his externment however was finally launched on bail.
Externment is a safety measure taken by police towards repeat offenders to discourage them from persevering with or committing additional felony actions. Below this, the police ban such “offenders” from coming into a specific place for a sure time frame.
Based on the police, a workforce was alerted Sunday night that Sahu was out there and went to detain him however the suspect escaped by throwing sizzling oil on a constable, recognized as Ghanshyam Sonwani.
The identical evening, he allegedly went to the home of the top constable and kidnapped his spouse and daughter whereas the policeman was nonetheless on obligation.
“After ending his obligation, the top constable went residence and noticed the door of his home was damaged and his rented home ransacked. There was blood splattered in the home and his spouse and daughter had been lacking,” mentioned Surajpur SP MR Ahire.
Based on Inspector Common Surguja Vary Ankit Garg, Sahu, who had been externed from the district for a yr, bore a grudge towards the top constable “for taking motion towards him up to now”. It’s nonetheless unclear what this motion was.
The incidents had led to protests, with an indignant mob allegedly torching some automobiles exterior Sahu’s residence Monday. Whereas Sahu has been booked for homicide and tried homicide underneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a separate FIR has been registered for the arson and rioting incident.
