19-year-old killed over love affair

The dead body of a 19-year-old, who was allegedly murdered over a love affair, was recovered from Madhupur in Jharkhand's Deoghar district in a partially decomposed state. The young student had gone missing on June 1 after meeting his partner.

Madhupur (Jharkhand): A partially decomposed body of a young boy, who was allegedly murdered over a love affair, was recovered from Madhupur in Jharkhand's Deoghar district on Tuesday. The body was buried on the shore of Mayurakshi river.

Identified as a 19-year-old student hailing from the Giridih district, the boy had left for Jogidihsaleya village, a few kilometres away from his home, on May 31 to meet his partner.

When the boy didn't return home till late at night, his family registered a missing complaint at the Madhupur police station the next morning.

The boy's partner, later confirmed that she had met him on June 1, which is when her family members attacked him and took him someplace else.

An FIR was registered at the same police station by the boy's family against his partner's relatives, accusing them of kidnapping him.

Several days passed, but the police were unable to trace the missing 19-year-old.

On June 11, his uncle Shankar Rai went to Lohrajor area in Madhupur, which is close to the shore of Mayurakshi river and smelled a foul odour coming from the area and informed the local police about it.

A team of the district administration, comprising of Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Arvind Kumar Singh, District Magistrate Sanjay Singh and the Officer's In-Charge of Maargomanda, Madhupur, Karaun, and Devipur reached the spot and launched an operation to ascertain the reason behind the smell and finally dug the body out.

The partially decomposed body was identified as that of the same boy who went missing on June 1.

Although the police are yet to make any arrests in the case, SDPO Arvind Kumar has admitted that the boy has been murdered over a love affair, "It's a case of a love affair. The boy has been brutally murdered, and the body was buried near the river. We will arrest the ones who are behind the crime."

Meanwhile, the deceased's family has been levelling allegations against the girl's family of having committed the crime.