Bodies of two youth, missing from Kandra police station (PS) limits since August 13, were recovered on Saturday from a grave in a forest land near Ramchandrapur-Rapcha football ground under Gamharia PS in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, police said on Saturday.
“A case was registered at Kandra PS on August 20 based on complaints by the families of two missing youth. They had alleged that some assailants had beaten up and abducted them. The Kandra PS officer-in-charge (OC) started an investigation and it came to the light that the two were murdered and buried in the forest department land behind the Rapcha football ground. Police acted promptly and dug out the grave and recovered the bodies and two accused were arrested. The deceased were identified as Rahul Hansda and Tapan Pradhan. Further investigation is ongoing,” Anubhav Bhardwaj, Seraikela sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), told the media on Saturday.
Police said prima facie, this case appeared to be a fallout of a dispute over stolen mobile phones but more conclusive details and motives behind the brutal murders could be known only after the post mortem reports and evidences.
According to the police, the case opened up during the interrogation of the two detained suspects, Phoolchand Hansda and Ravindra Mardi.
{{/usCountry}}According to the police, the case opened up during the interrogation of the two detained suspects, Phoolchand Hansda and Ravindra Mardi.
{{/usCountry}}“At their instance, the police team led by SDPO Anubhav Bhardwaj and Kandra OC Vinod Kumar Murmu reached the spot behind Rapcha ground where Rahul Hansda, hailing from Pindabera, and Tapan Pradhan, hailing from Kharsawan, were buried by the assailants. The bodies were dug out in the presence of circle inspector (CI)-cum-magistrate Balwant Singh,” a police officer said.
According to the complaint, Rahul and Tapan were sitting with one of their friends, Suraj Hansda, on Dhatkidih School premises around 8.00 pm on August 13. Suddenly, some unknown assailants came there and started beating them up.
According to eyewitness Suraj Hansda, the assailants had then forcibly dragged Rahul and Tapan into a car and sped away towards Gamharia while he somehow managed to escape from the spot. Later, family members of Rahul and Tapan lodged police complaints after no trace of both for days.