Kota student murder: Tutor’s mobile recovered from pond

Kota: A 20-member squad of divers from the

Kota

Municipal Corporation has recovered the smartphone of the 28-year-old tutor, who was held for strangulating his minor student, from the city’s Kishore Sagar pond on Thursday morning.Meanwhile, the city SP announced to share a cash reward of Rs 4.51 lakh, declared on the arrest of the accused tutor, which will be shared among the cyber cell in-charge, police teams, and divers from the Kota Municipal Corporation. During the first two days of the 6-day police remand, the police quizzed the accused about the secrets behind the crime and went on to verify the statements by the accused. While fleeing from his house under the Rampura city police station after the murder, the accused had thrown his mobile into the Kishore Sagar pond to avoid getting traced, DSP and CO of the area,

Amar Singh Rathore

, said. On the directions by city SP Kesar Singh, a police team accompanied by the accused on Thursday morning reached the spot in Kishore Sagar Talab, where a 20-member divers’ team from the KMC carried out an hour-long search operation into the pond and recovered the mobile and sent it to the forensic laboratory, he said.The efforts for identification of the person, who gave the accused a lift on his motorbike after the accused had left his scooter parked on Keshoraipatan Road, were also underway, he said. SP Kesar

Singh Shekhawat

announced Rs 1.51 lakh reward to cyber cell in-charge, Pratap Singh, for his significant role in nabbing the accused, and said the proposal for his promotion will be forwarded to the state government. Besides, Rs 20,000 will be awarded to each of the 20 members of divers from the KMC and Rs 21,000 to their team leader,

Vishnu Shringi

.