JORHAT: A 31-year-old man was allegedly murdered and beheaded in Assam’s Jorhat district following a dispute over his alleged relationship with a neighbour’s wife, with police arresting four people in connection with the crime, officials said.The deceased was identified as Anil Rajgarh, a resident of Greenview Tea Estate in Mariani.According to police, Anil went missing on September 7, following which his family lodged a complaint at Mari Police Station.His decomposed body was recovered on September 11 from a riverside area near the Bhogdoi River.Mariani CDSP Trinayan Chamuah said that the victim’s throat was allegedly slit with a blade before he was beheaded with a machete.The four arrested accused have been identified as Kapil Karmakar, his wife Anima Karmakar, Kapil’s younger brother Sanjit Karmakar and their friend Mahesh Rajgarh.According to CDSP Chamuah, Anil had allegedly been in regular contact with Anima for several months.Police said Anima allegedly called Anil to a tea garden area on September 7, where her husband and the other two accused were allegedly waiting.Anima allegedly attacked Anil with a blade, after which the other three accused joined the assault and allegedly killed him, police said.Police said the accused allegedly placed Anil’s body inside a sack, dragged it to the riverside and buried it.During the investigation, police recovered the machete allegedly used in the crime from the house of one of the accused.The four accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including sections related to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence.Police said the accused allegedly confessed to their involvement in the crime. A postmortem examination was conducted after the decomposed body was recovered.(With ANI inputs)
