Uncle held for man s murder in Ludhiana

Kuldip BhatiaLudhiana August 16The crime branch of the city police has cracked the blind murder case of Sapan Kumar Sahu 40 employee of a brick kiln contractor who was found dead in his room in Raj Enclave on Jagirpur Road here on Sunday morning The deceased was found in a pool of blood apparently killed while sleeping with an iron rod or some other blunt weapon by his employer Sidhu Kumar who had gone to his house as Sahu was not attending his phone callsThe police had registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC on the statement of Sidhu Kumar resident of Namdev Colony here He said he had called Sahu on his telephone early in the morning for transportation of a consignment of bricks But since there was no response from Sahu I went to his house and the door was opened by Sahus maternal uncle who lived with him When both of us went to his room we found Sahu in a pool of blood with his head having been crushed with an iron rod or heavy blunt weapon Sidhu had said in his complaintGiving details Joint Commissioner of Police Sachin Gupta said in the course of investigation of the blind murder the prime suspect seemed to be the maternal uncle of the deceased Sarvan Kumar Sah who broke down during interrogation and confessed to the crime Accordingly Sarvan Kumar Sah resident of Raj Enclave Jagirpur Road was arrested and charged with murderThe police said Sarvan Kumar Sah revealed that he had remained in jail for drug trafficking and came out on bail in March this year He said during his absence his nephew Sapan who lived in the same house had developed illicit relations with his wifeOn the intervening night of August 14 and 15 he hit Sapan Kumar with an iron rod when he was preparing his bed to sleep in and concocted a story that thieves had broken in and had killed his nephew the JCP saidWas hit with an iron rod