Crimes against women: ‘Lover', cousin kill woman, son & dump bodies in 2 wells; held

Time of India

11 hours ago

Raipur: After the bodies of a woman and her minor son were found in separate but closeby wells in a village in Durg, cops arrested a man and his cousin for a plan to murder the woman he had promised to marry after being introduced on a social media platform.
Durg additional SP Sukhnandan Rathore, briefing the press, said that the entire incident is rooted in a failed love affair. The accused, Chhatrapal Singour, 26, along with his cousin Shubham Kumar Singour, 22, strangled the woman and her son to death and disposed of their bodies separately in two wells.
A sense of alarm was instilled in the village on Sunday after villagers discovered the bodies floating one after another as foul smell emanating from the wells, following which cops were informed.
The identity of the woman-son duo couldn't be identified initially as no one in the vicinity were familiar to them. An SIT was constituted under the SP to investigate. Police received a tip-off that the woman was seen frequently meeting with one Chhatrapal Singour, and he was picked for interrogation.
Initially, Chhatrapal gave vague and misleading answers but later revealed that the deceased, Sunita Chaturvedi alias Pallavi, 34, was introduced to him through Instagram.
Sunita told him that her husband had passed away and that she lived in Raipur with her parents and her 8-year-old son.
Chhatrapal reportedly promised to marry her and take care of her child. The duo continued with the relationship until the woman started demanding accountability and marriage. The accused had no intention to marry her and he repeatedly avoided her pleadings. Instead, he secretly married another woman one and half months back.
On June 18, 2025, Chhatrapal informed Shubham about Sunita's repeated visits with her child and he was adamant to remove this 'obstacle' from his married life.
Chhatrapal brought Sunita and her son from Raipur to his village Khamhariya on his electric scooter with an excuse to meet at an isolated place. Minutes after, Shubham joined them and the two strangled Sunita and her son in a field, cops said.
To destroy evidence, they wrapped the bodies separately in sarees, placed them in sacks weighted down with stones, and dumped them in the wells.
The victims were reported missing under an FIR at Civil Lines police station in Raipur. Sunita's kin identified the bodies, which were recovered 30 kms away from their home.
Raipur: After the bodies of a woman and her minor son were found in separate but closeby wells in a village in Durg, cops arrested a man and his cousin for a plan to murder the woman he had promised to marry after being introduced on a social media platform.
Durg additional SP Sukhnandan Rathore, briefing the press, said that the entire incident is rooted in a failed love affair. The accused, Chhatrapal Singour, 26, along with his cousin Shubham Kumar Singour, 22, strangled the woman and her son to death and disposed of their bodies separately in two wells.
A sense of alarm was instilled in the village on Sunday after villagers discovered the bodies floating one after another as foul smell emanating from the wells, following which cops were informed.
The identity of the woman-son duo couldn't be identified initially as no one in the vicinity were familiar to them. An SIT was constituted under the SP to investigate. Police received a tip-off that the woman was seen frequently meeting with one Chhatrapal Singour, and he was picked for interrogation.
Initially, Chhatrapal gave vague and misleading answers but later revealed that the deceased, Sunita Chaturvedi alias Pallavi, 34, was introduced to him through Instagram.
Sunita told him that her husband had passed away and that she lived in Raipur with her parents and her 8-year-old son.
Chhatrapal reportedly promised to marry her and take care of her child. The duo continued with the relationship until the woman started demanding accountability and marriage. The accused had no intention to marry her and he repeatedly avoided her pleadings. Instead, he secretly married another woman one and half months back.
On June 18, 2025, Chhatrapal informed Shubham about Sunita's repeated visits with her child and he was adamant to remove this 'obstacle' from his married life.
Chhatrapal brought Sunita and her son from Raipur to his village Khamhariya on his electric scooter with an excuse to meet at an isolated place. Minutes after, Shubham joined them and the two strangled Sunita and her son in a field, cops said.
To destroy evidence, they wrapped the bodies separately in sarees, placed them in sacks weighted down with stones, and dumped them in the wells. The victims were reported missing under an FIR at Civil Lines police station in Raipur. Sunita's kin identified the bodies, which were recovered 30 kms away from their home.