Murdered Nagpur BJP minority cell functionary Sana Khan's husband who was arrested in connection with her death from Jabalpur's Gorabazar area on Friday revealed the reason behind murdering her.
Amit Sahu alias Pappu, a resident of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, told the police that he murdered his 34-year-old wife over monetary and personal issues, according to an official. Sahu also showed the murder spot to the investigators.
The 37-year-old accused revealed that he killed his wife by hitting her with a stick in his house before dumping her corpse in Hiran river from a bridge near Meregaon village, PTI quoted Additional Superintendent of Police Kamal Maurya as saying. Police have launched a search operation in the area, which comes under Belkheda police station limits, to find the victim's body
Sahu also revealed the name of his accomplice who helped him murder the woman. Police have a launched a manhunt to find the man.
"The police in Maharashtra's Nagpur had registered a case on August 1 and its team visited Jabalpur on August 4 in search of the woman after the probe revealed that as per her last location, she was at a house in Jabalpur," the official said.
The deceased BJP leader's mother Mehrunisha filed a police complaint about her missing daughter who travelled to Jabalpur to meet Sahu on August 1. Sahu was booked under IPC sections 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation), police said.
The family members of Sana also accompanied the teams of Jabalpur and Nagpur police during searches at various locations in Jabalpur.
-- with PTI inputs
