Chhattisgarh: Congress corporator stabbed to death, 11 persons detained

Suraj Banchhor, 39, a corporator at Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation, was stabbed to death by multiple, unidentified individuals near Hathkhoj pond where they were holding a party, according to police

A Congress corporator from Durg district in Chhattisgarh was murdered by unidentified persons late on Monday night, police said.

A representational image. Congress corporator Suraj Banchhor, from Durg district in Chhattisgarh, was murdered by unidentified persons late on Monday night near Hathkhoj pond. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Cops have detained 11 people who were accompanying him when the murder took place and were questioning them, while an investigation was underway.

Suraj Banchhor, 39, a corporator at Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation, was stabbed to death by multiple, unidentified individuals near Hathkhoj pond where they were holding a party, according to police.

Banchhor was a corporator from Hathkhoj ward.

“We have detained 11 persons in connection with the crime and are probing the matter. According to doctors, Banchhor was stabbed multiple times with a sharp, long object,” said assistant superintendent of police Sanjay Dhruv.

Dhruv, who called Banchhor’s death “mysterious”, said his friends had rushed him to a nearby hospital after the stabbing incident where doctors declared him dead.