Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of neighbor

Korba: After a domestic dispute, a man had killed his acquaintance, a woman living in the neighbourhood. The police took action in this murder case and arrested the accused. The court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment in the case. This is the case of 19 September 2022. The incident of murder came to light in Rampur village of Pasan police station area at around 2:00 in the night. Mankunwar (35), a woman living here, was murdered by her acquaintance, Samaru (20). The woman’s husband was not present at home when this incident happened. He had gone to his relative’s house.

The accused, another woman and the deceased woman Mankunwar, all three were drinking alcohol together. During this time, the three children present at home were kept in another room. Till late night all three sat and started drinking alcohol. After some time the other woman went to her home. Meanwhile, an argument started between Mankunwar and the accused over some issue. The argument escalated so much that Samaru, in an intoxicated state, hit Mankunwar on the head with a shovel, resulting in his death on the spot. To destroy the evidence of the incident, accused Samaru took the woman’s body outside the house near a drain and left it. However, the woman’s son had seen her doing this. After which the incident came to light.