After a dispute, the young man killed his girlfriend

Bhubaneswar (IANS). A man killed his girlfriend in Sundargarh district of Odisha. The police have arrested the accused lover. Police said on Wednesday that there was a dispute between the two over some issue, due to which the lover killed his girlfriend.

The victim was a branch postmaster at Telendhi in the district. Police said the accused, identified as Nayan Seth, killed his girlfriend on the suspicion that she was having an affair with another youth.

Whenever the two met, the accused often used to check the girl’s mobile phone. Sundargarh SDPO Himanshu Bhushan Behera said, “One day the accused came to know that she was chatting with another youth and had also taken some money from him. Since then there was a dispute going on between them.

Nayan Seth told his girlfriend to stop talking to the young man. But the girl continued to talk, following which the accused hatched the murder conspiracy. SDPO Himanshu Bhushan Behera said that the two met on July 17 and had an argument.

After this Nayan Seth stabbed him several times and then stoned him to death. His body was later dumped in a field near Kurumpeda-Belsariapada forest area under Lefripada police limits.

After committing the murder, Nayan Seth sent a WhatsApp message from his phone to his mother and shared a screenshot of the location of the body. To mislead the police, Nayan used the name of another youth and informed the victim’s mother that her daughter and Nayan had been murdered. Their bodies have been dumped in the forest and a nearby dam.

After interrogating the youth whose name was mentioned in the WhatsApp message, the police were able to nab Nayan Seth. On Wednesday, the accused was arrested and presented in the court.