Investigators suspect contract killing
| Date :24-Aug-2023 |
Staff Reporter
The investigators are suspecting contract killing in the brutal murder of Sana Khan alias Heena Khan, a 34-year-old functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Minority Cell from Awasthi Nagar. A police official claimed that prime accused Pappu alias Amit Sahu was misleading the investigators by stating that Sana was murdered over monetary disputes. The case is of a well-planned murder executed by Pappu and his accomplices on the instructions of an unidentified person, he added. After arresting Pappu and his accomplices Ramesh Singh, Dharmendra Yadav, Rabbu Chaha alias Ravishankar Yadav and Kamlesh Patel, the police have registered a case of extortion against Pappu and unidentified persons from Nagpur and Jabalpur on August 20.
However, the accused involved in the sextortion racket from Nagpur are yet to be identified by the police officials.
The police are also suspecting involvement of a person from Nagpur in the murder case. Sana went missing on August 2 after a confrontation with her husband-turned-foe, Pappu Sahu. The relationship between the two had reportedly soured, with Pappu suspecting Sana’s fidelity. The situation escalated on August 1 during a video call between Sana and Amit. Following the altercation, Sana traveled to Jabalpur on August 2 and entered Pappu’s residence, where a violent confrontation ensued, resulting in her murder.
Sources claimed that Pappu had hatched the conspiracy and purportedly called Sana to Jabalpur with an intention to kill her. Now, the police are investigating the roles of unidentified persons in the murder case. The Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh, who received a notice from Nagpur police in connection with the murder case, is yet to appear before the police for recording his statement.