Woman BJP leader found killed in her flat in Palghar
Palghar (Maha), Oct 9: The decomposed body of a 38-year-old local woman leader of the BJP was found at her residence here in Maharashtra Tuesday, a police official said.
Police suspect the victim, Rupali Chavan, a local leader of the BJP's Mahila Morcha who resided in Nallasopara area on outskirts of Mumbai, was killed two days ago.
Some neighbours of Chavan, on noticing a foul stench emanating from her house, alerted police officials who broke open the door and found her dead, the official said.
She had several injuries and burn wounds on her body, he said.
"We suspect she was killed by an unidentified person two days back," he said, adding the exact cause of her death would be known after the postmortem.
"We have registered an offence of murder and further investigation is on," he added.
Inspector K G Kolhe of the Nallasopara police station told the media Chavan resided on the first floor of a multi- storey building and her body was found in the afternoon.
According to her neighbours, an attempt was made to dispose of the body by burning it.
One of her friends told the media that on October 5 Chavan was with her and they went out for shopping.
The next day the victim went alone for shopping and called her friend in the night. That was the last time they spoke to each other, she said.
For the next two days the woman said she tried to reach Chavan on the phone, but in vain. Finally, she called her father who showed her a message purported to have been sent by the victim stating she was going to Surat for a couple of days, she said.
Doubting the authenticity of the message, the woman said she and her father decided to file a missing person complaint with the police.
But before that they Tuesday went to Chavan's flat to enquire about her and found it to be locked from outside.
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Jharkhand: 6 arrested for kidnapping Bengal businessman, associate
Khunti (PTI): Six persons have been arrested for allegedly abducting a West Bengal-based businessman and his associate in Jharkhand's Khunti district and demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Friday in Tilmi area under the jurisdiction of Jariyagarh police station. Upon receiving information, police rescued both victims, they said.
Torpa Sub-divisional Police Officer Christopher Kerketta said, "We have rescued both the victims and arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the crime."
The businessman, identified as Haru Mukherjee (65), had come to the house of his associate, Vijay Oraon (40), to recruit labourers for work at a brick kiln.
The accused hail from different parts of Khunti, and police also seized a four-wheeler, three motorcycles, and five mobile phones from their possession, the officer said, adding an FIR has also been registered and further investigation is underway.
