Chhattisgarh: A heinous and barbaric offense was reported from Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, where police caught an accused for raping and brutally dismembering his girlfriend before setting her ablaze. The accused, Dipak Sahu, reportedly diced her body into seven pieces with a sickle and threw them in a drain. Police recovered the body parts of the victim, Parmila, on 13th April in the Balod police station area.
Details of the Incident
After a three-month investigation, police finally arrested the accused and resolved the blind murder mystery. The accused, Dipak Sahu, a resident of Daragaon, and the victim, Parmila, were involved in an extramarital affair. The crime unfolded after they drank wine and had sex. Around midnight, when the boyfriend (accused) woke up, he found his lover talking to another man on the phone, which made him very angry.
In a fit of rage, Dipak lost control and fought fiercely with Parmila. Unable to counter him, the woman was overpowered. The accused first banged the woman’s head on the door frame, causing her to fall unconscious. When the accused realized that the victim had died, he engaged in disposing of her body. He wrapped the body in a sari and took it to a garden where he poured petrol on it and set it on fire. When the body did not burn completely, he maimed it, cutting off the hands, legs, neck, and torso with a sickle, police said.
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The accused in the case |
Investigation and Arrest
On April 13, police recovered the body parts from Amlidih forest and Gondli canal with the help of villagers but initially failed to identify them. Later, under the supervision of police station in-charge Ravi Pandey, they received information that a woman residing in Baklitola village of Daundilohara police station limits was missing for several days. She was also not at her maternal home in Baghmar. The missing woman was identified as Swaroop Dhurve’s wife, Pramila Dhurve, whose phone was unreachable.
Budhanteen Bai, the mother of the missing woman, finally identified the corpse by the nose ring, ring, anklet, and nail polish she was wearing. During the investigation and through call records, it was found that Parmila had an affair with Dipak. When interrogated, Dipak Sahu confessed to his crime and narrated the whole horrifying incident.
Confession and Evidence
According to police, the accused divorced his wife five years ago. He met Pramila in his maternal village Baklitola, and an affair started between them. On the night of the crime, they drank liquor, got intoxicated, and slept. When Dipak woke up, he found Parmila talking with another man on the phone, which led him to commit the murder.
Balod SP S R Bhagat told the media that police recovered a bike and the materials used in the heinous murder, including rope, a sack, and a sickle, from the accused’s possession. Dipak confessed to his crime and was produced in court after his arrest. The court has since sent the accused to jail.