A 45-year-old man was set ablaze after his son eloped with the married daughter of the main accused. The charred body was recovered late in night by Vidisha police. The deceased was kidnapped from Berasia on Friday.
The accused identified as Mahendra burnt Parwat Singh alive after kidnapping him on May 24 from Berasia area.
Parwat Singh was kidnapped on May 24 by the accused Mahendra with the help of his driver Devendra and had warned if his daughter would not be released he would kill Parvat and later his charred body was late in the night by police.
During the investigation police found that deceased’s son Kapil used to work as driver for Mahendra in Vidisha and where he came into contact with Mahendra’s daughter and when Mahendra came to know about their relationship he fire Kapil and later married his daughter. The two continued to remain in contact and few days back Mahendra’s daughert return and eloped with Kapil.
Mahendra knew that his daughter has eloped with Kapil and later kidnapped and murdered Kapil’s father.
The statements of daughter of accused are yet to be recorded and in case if she claims that she was kidnapped and rape case would be registered against Kapil. The eloped couple contacted Sagar GRP and later they were brought to Vidisha. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and started further
investigation.
