Varanasi: Just 24 hours after he was registered missing, the body of e-rickshaw driver Sanjay Sahni, resident of Koniya in Adamupur area, was recovered near the Surya Dev Temple in Kotwa, Sarnath. It has come to light that the throat was cut with a blade.
On the complaint of the deceased’s brother Manoj, the police have registered a case against Pintu Thathera, resident of Baburi, Chandauli, and Pooja Sharma, a girl living on rent in Koniya, for questioning. During preliminary interrogation, both of them have confessed to the murder.
DCP told the reason for the incident to triangular love
DCP RS Gautam has cited love triangle as the reason for the crime. Said that during interrogation, the matter of plotting the murder 15 days ago came to light. Sanjay Sahni left the house on Monday morning with an e-rickshaw. When he did not return at night, his relatives lodged a missing complaint at Adampur police station on Tuesday.
Sanjay’s body was recovered on Wednesday. When the relatives of the dead Sanjay reached, they started crying on seeing the dead body.
Adampur police swung into action after seeing multiple blade attacks on the dead body. On the complaint of the deceased’s brother Santosh, Pintu, a hawker resident of Baburi of Chandauli district, who lived on rent in an advocate’s house in Koniya, and a woman living on rent with her mother in the same house. After registering a murder report against Pooja Sharma, both were picked up.
Took around in an e-rickshaw, drank alcohol and then killed
Pooja told the police that Sanjay was earlier known to me and Pintu. On our invitation, Sanjay took us around the whole day in his e-rickshaw. We drank alcohol in the night, after that the incident of killing him took place. Being intoxicated, Sanjay could not even protest.
Pooja told that Pintu had a scuffle with Sanjay before Raksha Bandhan. Pooja told that she was angry with Sanjay for abusing her.
Sanjay had asked for money from both the brothers
Manoj Sahni told that Sanjay had demanded Rs 200 from me and Rs 1000 from elder brother Santosh Sahni saying that Toto has got spoiled. Both the brothers had given the money online. Sanjay had said that he will return the money in the night.