The murderer, Sachin Aggarwal, who brutally murdered his 26-year-old lover Tanu Kure on the pretext of cheating, has finally been apprehended by Turekela police in Bolangir.
On October 24, 2022, locals in the cashew nut grove within the boundaries of the Turekela police station discovered Tanu’s partially charred body.
Following an investigation, it was discovered that Tanu, a Chhattisgarh native and banker by profession, and Sachin had been dating for 2.5 years. Furious Sachin planned to murder his girlfriend because he thought she was seeing another man named Gaurav.
After reconstructing the sequence of events, it was discovered that Sachin had driven Tanu from Chhattisgarh to Bolangir on October 21, where he had shot his fiancée inside the car near the Bangomunda region before burying her body.
According to Laxmi Naryan Mishra, SDPO, Kantabanjhi, “The accused killed his lover violently and attempted to burn her body to clear the evidence by pouring gasoline in a remote cashew forest located in the Turekela police station boundaries.”
Tanu’s body was discovered half-baked, but authorities were able to identify it as her thanks to paperwork found nearby, which her parents later confirmed.
Suraj Aggarwal, who assisted Sachin in the crime while trying to flee from Bolangir to Kolkata, was also apprehended by the police. A simple search of the Whatsapp messages sent by the accused to Tanu’s brother revealed their location.
While the detectives have also discovered Sachin’s connections to drug trafficking and a number of other cases brought against him.
The vehicle where the murder occurred is still missing, despite the fact that authorities have found the gun used in the crime.
Prasanta Patnaik