Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) : The police cracked the murder of a youth in village Medha. The Dongargarh police station has identified the deceased youth as Komesh Sahu, a resident of LB Nagar. ASP Lakhan Patle said that "the whole matter is related to falsely posing as a girl and trapping the victim in love through social media. The accused cheated by posing as a girl."
During the investigation of this case, the police inspected the village and examined the CCTV footage and technical evidence. The transactions in the bank accounts of the deceased were scrutinized. During this, the police called the suspects to the police station for questioning on the basis of the information received from the informer. During the interrogation itself, the accused Devendra Sinha alias Sonu himself confessed to the crime.
The accused said that he had assumed the name of a girl called Mansi and started a friendship with the deceased Komesh Sahu on social media. For the last eight months, the accused Devendra Sinha used to chat with Komesh Sahu as Mansi. He also used to talk through WhatsApp. On May 3, Devendra called Komesh Sahu to Medha village. Komesh, who turned up in the village, waited for Mansi.
However, Komesh saw Devendra's mobile and realised he was betrayed. On Devendra's mobile, there was a WhatsApp chat named Mansi. Due to this Komesh understood the whole matter of deception. Then there was a dispute between Komesh and Devendra regarding this matter.
Threat of police complaint
Police said that Komesh threatened to file a report at the police station against Devendra regarding the whole matter. Fearing that the accused Devendra Sinha told him he would give him money. Then they went home and both of them met again in the evening. After this, the accused Devendra attacked Komesh with a knife brought from his house. Due to this, the victim died on the spot. The police seized one lakh rupees in cash, the knife used in the murder and the mobile phone from the accused.
