Gumla woman, boyfriend kill Bihar youth, held

Gumla: A woman and her boyfriend were arrested on Monday for killing a youth from Bihar on April 11, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Kundan Kumar (20). Those arrested were Mankunwar Devi (40) alias Khushboo and her lover Soma Oraon (41), both residents of Dhangaon Karamtoli village under Sadar police station limits in Gumla, police added.
Gumla sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Manish Chandra Lal said, “Kundan Kumar, a resident of Imamganj in Gaya district of Bihar, was working as a painter in Ranchi. He and Mankunwar would talk over phone. Later, they entered into a physical relationship. After sometime, Kundan began talking to the 20-year-old daughter of the woman. Enraged, she hatched a plan to eliminate him with the help of another boyfriend, Soma Oraon.”
“On April 11, the woman called the Bihar youth to Sisai, 29 km from Gumla on NH-143. From there, he was taken to Kumhar More behind Ashram Vidyalaya. A quarrel broke out among the three and Mankunwar and Soma killed Kundan with a knife.”
Police recovered the body on April 12, said OC of Sisai police station Aditya Kumar Choudhary, who along with ASI Rahul Kumar Jha, cracked the murder. A court sent the accused to jail on Monday.