Chhattisgarh: Man arrested for murdering nurse, trying to pass it off as suicide
In a fit of rage, he stabbed the girl to death and tried to make it look like suicide by placing the knife in her hand before escaping.
A 21-year-old man was arrested within hours of killing his girlfriend and attempting to stage the crime as a suicide in Raipur, the police said on Thursday.
A joint team of the Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit and Tikrapara police apprehended the accused, identified as Durgesh Verma, a resident of Bada Ashok Nagar in Raipur, officials said.
According to the police, victim Priyanka Das (23) worked as a nurse at a private hospital in Raipur and hailed from Haldibari in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district. She was living in a rented house near Patel Chowk in Lalpur under Tikrapara police station limits.
“On the intervening night of October 8 and 9, the person entered her rented accommodation and allegedly stabbed her to death with a knife. The attacker then placed the weapon in her hand in an attempt to make it appear as a suicide before fleeing the scene,” the Raipur police stated.
“During the investigation, our teams collected statements from neighbours and identified Durgesh Verma,” the police said.
{{/usCountry}}“During the investigation, our teams collected statements from neighbours and identified Durgesh Verma,” the police said.
{{/usCountry}}Police said Verma confessed during interrogation that he was in a relationship with Das for about a year. He told the police that he suspected her of cheating on him, which led to frequent arguments between them. Acting on suspicion, he bought a vegetable knife from a shop and visited her house late at night, where a heated argument ensued. In a fit of rage, he stabbed her to death and tried to make it look like suicide by placing the knife in her hand before escaping.
{{/usCountry}}Police said Verma confessed during interrogation that he was in a relationship with Das for about a year. He told the police that he suspected her of cheating on him, which led to frequent arguments between them. Acting on suspicion, he bought a vegetable knife from a shop and visited her house late at night, where a heated argument ensued. In a fit of rage, he stabbed her to death and tried to make it look like suicide by placing the knife in her hand before escaping.
{{/usCountry}}The police have recovered the murder weapon and Verma has been booked under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Tikrapara police station.
{{/usCountry}}The police have recovered the murder weapon and Verma has been booked under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Tikrapara police station.
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