Khanna police crack blind murder case in six hours

The Khanna police today claimed to have cracked the blind murder of a woman within six hours. The victim was found dead at an isolated place in Malaud near Khanna on Thursday night.

The suspect has been identified as Bablu Yadav (45), a native of Bihar, at present staying at Malaud. The deceased was identified as Satpal Kaur (45).

The SSP, Khanna, Ashwini Gotyal, addressed a press conference in this regard on Friday.

As per information, the suspect had been working at the house of Jasvir Singh at Malaud where the woman was also working. Both had developed an illicit relationship. As the house owner came to know about the matter about three months ago, he fired both of them from job. Even the husband of the woman had also got to know about the illicit relationship, and he too objected to it. On September 5, the victim had left home for some work but did not return home till 8.30 pm. As the woman’s husband Gulraz was searching for her, he got a call from the village sarpanch who informed him that the body of the victim was found in the village. The deceased had strangulation marks on her neck and blood was oozing out from her mouth.

The SSP said after the police came to know about the recovery of the body, a probe was launched. After identifying the suspect, police teams conducted raids and nabbed Bablu, who was trying to flee to Bihar.

The suspect admitted that the woman had started blackmailing him. She had already taken more than Rs 1.25 lakh from him and now, she was asking for more money. She threatened to lodge a rape case against him if her demands were not met. Angry over the woman’s behaviour, the suspect strangled her to death and afterwards, hit her face with a wooden plank.

The police said since the body was found half naked, a report was also sought from doctors to ascertain whether the victim was sexually assaulted or not.