Uncle held for man’s murder in Ludhiana

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, August 16

The crime branch of the city police has cracked the blind murder case of Sapan Kumar Sahu (40), employee of a brick kiln contractor, who was found dead in his room in Raj Enclave on Jagirpur Road here on Sunday morning. The deceased was found in a pool of blood, apparently killed while sleeping with an iron rod or some other blunt weapon, by his employer Sidhu Kumar, who had gone to his house as Sahu was not attending his phone calls.

The police had registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC on the statement of Sidhu Kumar, resident of Namdev Colony here. He said he had called Sahu on his telephone early in the morning for transportation of a consignment of bricks. “But since there was no response from Sahu, I went to his house and the door was opened by Sahu’s maternal uncle, who lived with him. When both of us went to his room, we found Sahu in a pool of blood with his head having been crushed with an iron rod or heavy blunt weapon,” Sidhu had said in his complaint.

Giving details, Joint Commissioner of Police Sachin Gupta said in the course of investigation of the blind murder, the prime suspect seemed to be the maternal uncle of the deceased, Sarvan Kumar Sah, who broke down during interrogation and confessed to the crime. Accordingly, Sarvan Kumar Sah, resident of Raj Enclave, Jagirpur Road, was arrested and charged with murder.

The police said Sarvan Kumar Sah revealed that he had remained in jail for drug trafficking and came out on bail in March this year. He said during his absence, his nephew Sapan, who lived in the same house, had developed illicit relations with his wife.

On the intervening night of August 14 and 15, he hit Sapan Kumar with an iron rod when he was preparing his bed to sleep in and concocted a story that thieves had broken in and had killed his nephew, the JCP said.

Was hit with an iron rod

• The police said Sarvan Kumar Sah (accused) revealed that he had remained in jail for drug trafficking and came out on bail in March this year. Sah said during his absence, his nephew Sapan, who lived in the same house, had developed illicit relations with his wife.
• On the intervening night of August 14 and 15, he hit Sapan Kumar with an iron rod when he was preparing his bed to sleep in and concocted a story that thieves had broken in and had killed his nephew, Sah said.

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