KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Nov 1: A 40-year-old man hacked two minor daughters in his house at Parsabeda village under Keraikela thana area in West Singhbhum district late Monday night.
As the Parsabeda village is located in a Naxal stronghold area, police reached the spot on Tuesday morning despite they were informed about the killings late in the night,
The victims were identified as Nima Bodra (8) and Heeramuni Bodra (6), both daughters of Budhan Singh Bodra who is said to be mentally deranged.
According to a sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Chakradharpur, Kapil Chaudhury, late on Monday night Budhan was found by his wife while sharpening a chopper at their house.
“On seeing Budhan sharpening the chopper, the wife wanted to know the reason behind it. But when he did not reply despite being asked repeatedly, the woman sensed something wrong and left home for calling her fellow villagers. But when she returned home accompanied by about a dozen men, she found the door bolted from the inside. As Budhan did not open the door despite repeated knocks, some of the villagers removed a portion of the roof’s tiles and found two minor girls lying on a cost in a pool of blood, ” said Chaudhury while talking to lagatar24.com.
The SDPO said that the villagers had subsequently broken open the door and found that both the minors were slaughtered with some sharp weapon. Chaudhury pointed out that the assailant Budhan Singh Bodra was also in the same room, clutching the blood-stained chopper. The co-villagers had subsequently overpowered the assailant and tied him with a rope, awaiting the police.
The SDPO informed that the assailant was arrested this morning and was sent to Chaibasa divisional jail after producing him before a judicial magistrate.
Notably, earlier in August this year a man had murdered his eight-year-old son at Indukata village under the same police station area triggering sensation across the locality.
