Giridih police in Jharkhand have resolved the case of a young man who went missing for almost a month. One suspect has been apprehended in connection with the incident, officials disclosed on Thursday.
Acting on information provided by the suspect, authorities discovered the victim’s skeletal remains, a scarf believed to be used in the crime, clothing, slippers, a mobile phone, and a knife at the crime scene.
Hriday Narayan Singh (72), residing in Siyarangi village under the Pirtand police station limits, reported his son, Shankar Kumar Singh, also known as Bindu Singh, missing on July 1. He informed the police that his son had left for Giridih on June 20 but never returned. Family members suspected the involvement of Sonia Kumari from Dhanbad and others in his disappearance.
The police registered a case and initiated an investigation based on Singh’s complaint. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Abid Khan, SDPO of Dumri, was formed under the Superintendent of Police’s direction due to the case’s gravity.
Utilizing technical evidence, mobile phone location data, and human intelligence inputs, the team made progress in the investigation. Sonia Kumari was brought from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh for questioning, and Chandan Kumar Bhokta from Sirsa village in Deoghar district was detained and interrogated.
During interrogation, Chandan Kumar Bhokta purportedly admitted to the murder. He claimed that Shankar Kumar Singh intended to marry a married woman with three children, causing opposition from the accused and the woman’s in-laws. To resolve the conflict, he allegedly enticed Shankar to a meeting in Basaha forest in Dhanbad district’s Tundi area and then killed him.
The accused allegedly struck Shankar on the head with a stone and strangled him with a scarf at the secluded spot. After the crime, he hid the body in the forest to conceal the act. Following the suspect’s revelation, the police recovered the victim’s remains, an orange scarf, clothes, slippers, the suspect’s mobile phone, and a knife from the location.
Authorities stated that the case was cracked using scientific and technical evidence.
