Head, torso of missing man found in Hardiya-Chaanti forest area of Bagha

Bettiah: Panic gripped the Hardiya-Chaanti forest area in Bagaha after police recovered a headless body of a man buried in the Naurangiya police station area of East Champaran on Thursday. The deceased was identified as 45-year-old Murari Yadav, a resident of Sirisia Jarlahia village, who had been missing since Sunday.

Bagaha in-charge SP Kumari Nirmala said police received information in the morning about a severed head lying near the forest. A police team rushed to the spot and launched a search operation. During the probe, bloodstains were found some distance away from where the head was recovered.

“When the area was searched further, a patch of freshly filled soil was noticed inside the forest with flies hovering over it, raising suspicion that the torso had been buried there. An FSL team was called, and in the presence of a magistrate, the spot was excavated, leading to the recovery of the torso. The body has been sent to the sub-divisional hospital in Bagaha for post-mortem,” the SP said.

The SP added that the deceased had left home on Sunday with five friends and their role appeared suspicious. “We are investigating all angles to ascertain the motive behind the gruesome murder,” she said.

Murari’s son, Lallu Yadav, identified the body and said his father had told the family he was going to Nepal with his friends. “The others returned, but my father did not. We thought he was still in Nepal. After learning about the recovery on Thursday morning, we suspect his friends may have killed him,” he alleged.