Gurugram: Couple arrested for murdering relative and throwing his body in drain

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram police on Tuesday arrested a couple and their partner for allegedly killing a 27-year-old man whose body was found in a drum floating in a drain here three days ago. The couple allegedly strangled their relative to death over an illicit relationship, officials said. With the help of their partner, they placed the body in a drum and dumped it in the drain, they said. According to officials, the body was found in the IMT Manesar area on Saturday. The body was tied with a sari and bore strangulation marks. Nothing was found in his clothes or the drum that could help identify him. An investigation was launched after an FIR was lodged at the IMT Manesar police station.

Police on Sunday said they have identified the deceased as Ramparichan Sharma (27), a native of Madhubani district in Bihar, who lived in Begampur Khatola village here. Based on the investigation, the police zeroed in on three suspects – Panchdev Thakur, his wife Indu and friend Chandan Thakur, who hail from Bihar’s Supaul district and are currently living in Bas Kushla village in IMT Manesar area. In his confession, Panchdev revealed that Sharma was his relative and was allegedly in an illicit relationship with Indu. On discovering the relationship, Panchdev and his wife Indu hatched a plan to eliminate Sharma. Manesar DCP Deepak Kumar Jewaria said that on August 14, the couple took Sharma to their house. When he fell asleep, they allegedly strangulated him with an electric wire. He said that the next day they hid the body in a drum and with the help of Chandan, took it on a bike and threw it in a drain. The DCP said that interrogation of the accused is underway.