Jharkhand man kills mother's boyfriend over relationship dispute, buries body in forest

CHATRA: A man allegedly killed his mother’s boyfriend and buried the body in a forest area in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, police said on Sunday.The incident took place more than a month ago in Tungun village under the Lawalong police station limits, the victim’s body was later recovered after police exhumed it from a dense forest in Mandhaniya.The accused, identified as Rakesh Munda, allegedly carried out the murder with the help of three accomplices.Three accused — Mahesh Ganjhu, Nitesh Kumar and Kamlesh Kumar — residents of different villages in Chatra district, have been arrested and sent to judicial custody.“The main accused, Rakesh Munda, along with three accomplices, forcibly dragged Guddu Munda from a moving bus near Mandhaniya valley. They assaulted him, took him into the forest and killed him. The body was then buried there on March 30 to destroy evidence,” SDPO (Simaria) Nagaragoje Shubham Bhausaheb said.The crime was allegedly linked to a dispute over the victim’s relationship with the accused’s mother.“The murder was allegedly triggered by a dispute over an alleged romantic relationship between the victim and the mother of the main accused, Rakesh,” police said.A formal complaint in the case was filed by the victim’s father on May 15, following which police launched an investigation.“Police used technical surveillance to trace and arrest one of the accused, Mahesh Ganjhu. Based on information provided by him during interrogation, police recovered the body,” the officer added.Search operations are continuing to trace and arrest the main accused Rakesh Munda, police said.