Police recover burnt body of Youth from Bhojpur village, FIR lodged against 8 persons

Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Ara : Police recovered burnt body of a youth packed in a gunny bag from village Bela under Dhobaha Police Outpost in Bhojpur District on November 27, 2019, morning, and brought it over to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.

The deceased was identified as Kishore Lal Jee Nat, son of Bhola Nat of village Saraiya under Krishnagarh police station in Bhojpur District. A named FIR has been lodged with Krishnagarh police station against eight persons of village Saraiya but no arrest has so far been made in this connection though police are investigating into the matter.

SHO, Krishnagarh police station, Suresh Singh, quoting the FIR, said that Kishore Lal Jee Nat dealt in cattle. During Dussehara, some villagers asked him to stop the flood water of the river Ganga from entering the village but he refused. At this, the villagers thrashed him and also threatened him with dire consequences. On November 12, 2019, he returned to his native village after selling cattle and slept outside his house. Around midnight, some miscreants kidnapped him. Later, the miscreants burnt him alive and threw the body after packing it in a gunny bag at village Bela under Dhobaha police outpost to evade evidence.

Bhola Nat said that he had approached police to lodge an FIR regarding kidnapping of his son but they remained adopted dilly-dallying attitude in lodging the FIR. The SHO refuted the charge and said that the FIR had already been lodged and  police are conducting raids to arrest the miscreants.