Bhilai, Dec 06, 2018: Police have arrested a person on charges of murder. Faking his identity as a sadhu, the accused was hiding in Allahabad for the last five years. The accused had got the Voter Id, Pan Card and Aadhar Card with the new name and identity. Police applied latest technology of preparing sketches and photographs for tracing the accused.
Addressing media persons here at Police Control Room on Thursday, ASP (City) Vijay Pandey and ASP (Rural) Gopi Chand Meshram informed that the accused has been arrested in connection to the blind murder case of a girl which occurred on October 18, 2013. Body of Reeta Sahu, daughter of Tangu Sahu a resident of Baikunthpur (Koriya) was recovered at her rented house in Ramnagar area of Bhilai.
During investigations, police discovered that the girl had affair with a person named Sushil Dubey. Police further came to know that the couple was in a ‘live-in relationship’. Sushil worked as gate keeper at Mourya Talkies in Supela and was missing after the girl’s death. Police searched him at his native place in village Bighara (District Kaushambi), Uttar Pradesh but did not get any significant clue. Some of the villagers informed that Sushil Dubey was living on the banks of Ganga at Allahabad with a group of Sadhus. But the accused remained untraced.
About four months ago, SP Dr Sanjeev Shukla reviewed the pending offences of the district and instructed the cops to re-launch investigations. Latest technology was applied for preparing photographs of the accused in different appearances. Inspector Dharmanand Shukla (SHO, Supela), Rajendra Singh Kanwar (I/c Vaishali Nagar Chowki) and Constable Gagan Singh made sustained and patient efforts for searching the accused on the basis of the photograph. But this task was similar to searching a needle in a haystack.
In the next step, mobile phones of the family members of the accused were put on surveillance. Police scanned the identity of the persons contacting them on the phone. In this sequel, police discovered that one Hanuman Das Ji Maharaj was in frequent touch the family members of Sushil Dubey. Police acquired the photo identity and other documents produced by this person at the telecom company for purchasing the sim cards. On comparing the photos, police found that Hanuman Das Ji Maharaj looks almost similar to the absconding accused Sushil Dubey.
Later, Sushil Dubey’s wife Sharmila Dubey was spotted by cops on the banks of Ganga during Mangh Fair. Then the cops traced the mobile location of the accused which was located in village Nevar, District Chhatarpur. Supela Police sent the pics of the accused on whatsapp to its counterparts in that location after which it was confirmed that the suspect was there to attend Bhagwat Katha week.
Police team rushed to Uttar Pradesh and the accused was rounded up on the concluding day of Bhagwat Katha. During interrogation, the accused confessed to have murder the girl Reeta Sahu. He disclosed that they were in relationship and he suspected her fidelity. On the day of incidence, both of them consumed liquor and later started quarrelling over the aforesaid issue. The accused caught the girl by hair and banged her head on wall several times which ultimately became the cause of her death. After committing the crime, the accused escaped from Bhilai and took shelter in Allahabad. He started living with Sadhus and serving them. He changed his identity and became a Sadhu. He visited Haridwar, Rishikesh, Delhi, Mathura and several other places with the group of sadhus and started performing havan, pujan and katha. He started arranging bhagwat kathas at different places.
The accused had a tattoo of his girl friend’s name “Reeta” on his hand. When other sadhus raised objection, he got it changed to Ram – Seeta. The accused was brought to Bhilai on transit remand and was taken to the crime scene for reconstruction of the crime scene. A permanent arrest warrant under Arms Act was also pending against him. The accused Sushil Dubey (40) son of Shyam Dubey has confessed his crime.