Surat: In a shocking incident, skeleton of a 20-year-old man who was entombed inside a cavity under the staircase of an under construction house in 2016, was exhumed by the police from Pandesara area on Thursday.
The incident came to light after a bootlegger Rajiv Singh alias Raju alias Rajesh Rajput (36), who was nabbed for jumping parole in 2019, confessed to murdering of Shivam alias Kishan Munshi Chauhan (20) with help of five others in February 2016.
Police said that Rajput confessed to killing Chauhan during interrogation and also informed them that he and his aides had entombed body of the deceased in the cavity under the staircase of his under construction house at Ashapuri Society 3 in Pandesara.
The accused then escaped to his native place in Bihar with other accused which include Vipul alias Vipul Bhaiyo Patil, Ajay alias Anchal Raju Pradha, Shailendra alias Guddu Langdo Sharma, Mittu Mama and Bhagwan Maliya, said police.
“For identification of the deceased, we have sent the skeleton for DNA testing. The DNA will be matched with parents of Chauhan. We will also get forensic post mortem of the skeleton done to find the exact cause of death,” said a police officer of Pandesara police station.
According to police, Rajput and his friends allegedly killed Chauhan as they suspected that the latter had tipped off police about his liquor consignment in February 2016.
Police said that though Chauhan was missing since February 2016, none of his family members had lodged a missing person complain with the police.
It was during probing Rajput’s case, that police got a tip-off that he could be involved in the disappearance of Chauhan.
City crime branch’s team tracing absconding accused had begun tracing Rajput as he had jumped parole in 2019. Rajput was inside jail in connection with another murder case which he had allegedly committed in 2018.
During questioning about his movements while out on parole, cops got information about his involvement in the murder of Chauhan. Rajput confessed the crime and informed police that he entombed the body at his residence.