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Jhotwara police solves murder case of 2 women

JAIPUR: Jaipur police (West) on Monday solved the mysteries behind the murder of two women that took place in Jhotwara area a week ago. In one of the murders police have arrested one person who was in a live-in relationship with the woman. A verbal spat between them led the accused, who was in inebriated condition, to strangulate her. However, the murder of another woman who was a factory owner was for gains in which police arrested two persons.

According to the police, the woman identified as Tumpa Rai, a resident of West Bengal, was living with a man identified as Taapas Berman. “Tumpa was married to another man but was in a live-in relationship with the accused. On June 29 the accused was heavily drunk when he had a verbal spat with the woman. The accused strangulated her to death and took her daughter and fled to West Bengal. Following technical inputs and other surveillance the accused was arrested from Cooch Bihar of West Bengal,” said Pradeep Mohan Sharma, deputy commissioner of police(West).

Likewise, solving the murder case of factory owner, police arrested Balveer Singh (30), the driver in the factory. “Singh’s uncle who is co-accused in the murder has been identified as Chain Singh, he is on the run,” said Sharma.

Police said that the motive of the murder was money. “Singh in his interrogation confessed that he had an impression that Nirmala Devi (75) had kept Rs 6-7 lakh in her house almirah. Singh called up his uncle Chain Singh and planned and executed the murder,” Sharma added.

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