Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : An Army personnel was strangulated to death by unidemtified persons at village Imadpur under the same police station in Bhojpur District around midnight on June 27, 2021. Police recovered the body from an auto-rickshaw on June 28, 2021, morning, and brought it over to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.
The deceased was identified as Mukesh Kumar, 31, son of Janeshwar Singh of Jamuaw village. An FIR has been lodged with Imadpur police station in this connection. Police are investigating the matter.
SHO, Imadpur police station, Rahamtullah, said that Mukesh Kumar of Jamuaw village had joined the army 10 years ago and was posted at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and had come to his native village about 10 days ago on leave. He had set out on stroll around 10 pm on June 27, 2021, but did not return home and his body was found in an auto-rickshaw about 200 meters from his house on June 28, 2021, morning. The SHO said that love affairs might be the cause behind the murder.