Bolangir: Sindhekela police in Bolangir district on Sunday arrested the accused of the sensational murder of a girl whose decomposed body was recovered under mysterious circumstances from Shundhimunda village on December 9.
The arrestee has been identified as Santosh Sahu of Berhampur. As per police, Santosh had killed Suryakanti Sahu, his lover in a fit of revenge, after the girl’s family which resides in Bhawanipatna, cancelled their marriage which had already been fixed.
Reportedly, Santosh and Suryakanti encountered each other on media site Facebook and fell in love. The duo’s marriage proposal was also initially accepted by both the families.
However the wedding plans came undone when Santosh’s mother demanded a dowry of Rs 30 lakh which was outrightly rejected by Suryakanti’s family.
Consequently, Santosh who held a grudge against the girl’s father Durga Sahu, xhose Suryakanti to settle his score. He reportedly convinced Suryakanti and both eloped from their houses on December 5, said the police. Later, he killed her.
