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News18
12 hours ago
- News18
Raipur Couple Kills Disabled Man Over Land Dispute, Hides Body In Cement-Filled Trunk
Last Updated: Preliminary interrogation revealed that Raipur-based lawyer Ankit Upadhyay and his wife conspired to kill the victim Kishore Paikra A gruesome murder case unravelled after the body of a disabled man was found encased in cement, stuffed inside a suitcase, and locked within a steel trunk dumped in a residential area of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The investigation quickly led police to Delhi airport, where a married couple suspected of orchestrating the murder was arrested, The Times of India (TOI) reported. According to Raipur SSP Lal Umed Singh, preliminary interrogation revealed that Raipur-based lawyer Ankit Upadhyay and his wife conspired to murder Kishore Paikra following a dispute over a land brokerage deal. 'The murder was motivated by a financial disagreement after Paikra was allegedly cheated in a land deal," Singh told TOI. Investigators tracked the suspects through CCTV footage, which showed a car entering Raipur's DD Nagar on Monday. Two men are seen getting out of the vehicle and unloading the trunk containing the body, while a woman with her face covered followed the car on a two-wheeler. Police suspect the car bore a fake number plate. The investigation uncovered that Paikra, who was wheelchair-bound and lived in Handipara's HMT Chowk, had earlier sold a plot of land in Mohadi village with Ankit's assistance for Rs 50 lakh, but allegedly received Rs 20 lakh less than agreed. When Paikra threatened to file a police complaint over the missing payment, Ankit and his wife allegedly planned and executed the murder. The couple, originally from Changorabhatha village, was flown back to Raipur late Tuesday after their arrest at the airport, TOI reported. First Published:
Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Chhattisgarh horror: Youth's body coated with cement & stuffed in trunk found dumped in Raipur; suspect couple held from Delhi airport while fleeing, accused tried to delay detection
RAIPUR: In a gruesome and coldly calculated murder that has shocked Chhattisgarh capital, the body of a young man was found plastered in cement, stuffed inside a suitcase, and sealed within a steel trunk, an apparent attempt to suppress the odour and delay detection. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The grisly find was made after residents in Raipur's DD Nagar area alerted authorities to a noxious stench emanating from an abandoned trunk near a roadside bush. Following swift investigation, a couple, identified as the son and daughter-in-law of a retired assistant sub-inspector of state police, was arrested at Delhi airport while attempting to flee. CCTV footage captured the suspects transporting the trunk in an Alto car with its rear hatch ajar, offering crucial leads that cracked the case wide open. The capture shows two men in the car and the trunk loaded in the rear while a woman with her face covered, also following the vehicle on a two-wheeler. Speaking to TOI, Raipur SSP Lal Umed Singh confirmed that the accused couple was arrested and the mastermind Ankit Upadhyay is a lawyer by profession, who took help from his wife to dispose off the body. SSP Singh said that the victim Kishore Paikra was an elderly man who lived alone and prima facie it appears that he was killed by slitting throat on June 21-22. He added that the police are yet to interrogate the prime accused couple and would divulge all details related to investigation soon. Police have found the shop from where the trunk was procured and CCTV footage shows they carried it in an e-rickshaw. On Monday evening, residents in DD Nagar area's Indraprasth Colony, Phase 2, got suspicious spotting a new truck lying abandoned on roadside bushes and going close to it, they realized they couldn't stand the stench, following which, they raised an alarm. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A police team reached the spot and broke opened the trunk which had a heavy and concrete suitcase inside. Upon breaking the plaster, it was shocking to find a body of a man. Preliminary investigation indicate that the body was stuffed in the suitcase first and then plastered in cement. The footage shows the car entered the colony around 9.50 am on Monday and the car's number plate was fiddled and changed with another, to mislead probe. Former Congress MLA Vikas Upadhyay personally visited the crime scene. He stated that the crime graph in the state is continuously rising.
