Police Recovers Woman’s Semi-Burnt Body; 2 Arrested

Balangir: Police arrested two people in connection with the recovery of a semi-burnt body of a woman in Odisha’s Balangir district. The body of the woman was recovered from a cashew forest near Turekela in the district on November 24.

The accused were identified as Sachin Agrawal and Suraj Agrawal of Kantabanji.

Kantabanji SDPO revealed that victim Tanu Kure, a resident of Chhattisgarh was a private bank employee.

The victim went missing on November 21 following which her family members lodged a missing complaint with the Chhattisgarh police.

During the investigation, Chhattisgarh police came to know that she had a love affair with Sachin Agrawal during her stay in Kantabanji.

Suraj was detained by police for questioning. During interrogation, Sachin confessed his crime before the police.

He confessed that he had shot his girlfriend dead over her relationship with another youth. He burnt her body in a bid to destroy evidence.

Sachin kept the gun used in the crime at Suraj Agrawal’s house.

Taking action on the information police arrested Suraj and seized the gun with six rounds of live bullets.