Four, including brothers duo, held in double murder case

Staff Reporter

The police cracked Butibori double murder case within 24 hours with arrest of four persons, including two brothers of the deceased man.

“Deceased Uttam Bodkhe (31) was in an illicit relationship with Savita Parmar (38) due to which his brothers were facing problems to fix their marriages. Therefore, the brothers hatched the conspiracy and killed Uttam and Savita,” said Superintendent of Police (Nagpur Rural) Vijay Magar at a press conference on Friday.

The accused have been identified as Rahul Suresh Bodkhe (27), Khushal Suresh Bodkhe (29), Vijay Vasantrao Bodkhe (30), all residents of Bihadi and Akash Ashok Raut (24), a resident of Karanja Ghadge. Rahul and Khushal are brothers of deceased Uttam Suresh Bodkhe, a resident of Bihadi.

Savita Govardhan Parmar (38), a resident of Sonegaon Mustafa, was working at the agricultural land of Uttam. Uttam fled the village with Savita within a year of his marriage. Since then, the two were staying in a rented accommodation at Nagpur. Uttam’s wife then left the matrimonial house. Later, her parents tied her nuptial knot with another man. Rahul and Vijay were facing problems to fix their marriages due to illicit relationship of Uttam with Savita. As a result, the brothers hatched a conspiracy to eliminate Uttam. Rahul phoned Uttam and invited him to their village Bihadi to settle a property dispute. Uttam and Savita started for Bihadi on a motorcycle on Wednesday. The four accused met the couple near Bazargaon and urged them to sit in a Tavera vehicle. In a moving car, the accused strangled Uttam and Savita with a rope. The bodies were dumped in Vena river near Butibori after tying a boulder, the police said.

The murder came to fore on Thursday.

Butibori police registered a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and started investigation.

After identifying the bodies, the police learnt from a neighbour of Uttam that he left Nagpur on a motorcycle with Savita to settle a property matter at his village. The clue helped the police to nab his brothers for interrogation. The brothers confessed to have committed the murder. The police will produce the accused in the court

on Saturday.

Under the guidance of SP Vijay Magar, Addl SP Rahul Maknikar, SDPO Puja Gaikwad, the arrest was made by PI LCB Omprakash Kokate, PI Butibori Bhimaji Patil, APIs Rajiv Karmalwar, Anil Raut and Jitendra Wairagade.