Gurgaon: A 39-year-old cook from Jharkhand was found murdered with his face repeatedly smashed with heavy stones on a forested patch behind DLF Camellias on Tuesday morning. Police suspect the killing followed a heated argument during a late-night drinking session.The body of Bandi Oraon, a resident of Asni Mugla village in Jharkhand, was discovered around 6am in a jungle patch along the road connecting Genpact and Faridabad. A group of workers from a nearby company, who had entered the area, spotted the body and alerted police.Oraon worked as a cook at a nearby residential society and lived in rented accommodation in Wazirabad.Police said the assailant repeatedly struck Oraon’s face and head with two heavy stones, inflicting fatal injuries. The blood-stained stones, one weighing around 10kg, were recovered from the spot.“The body was lying 30-40 metres from the main road inside the jungle. We first found a small blood-stained stone and later another larger stone with blood marks. The victim had multiple injuries to his face and head. Prima facie, it appears he was dragged into the jungle before being attacked repeatedly with the stones,” a police officer said.Police said drag marks on the ground and injuries on the victim’s body supported the suspicion that he was assaulted elsewhere before being pulled deeper into the wooded area, where the attack continued until he died.Teams from Sector 53 police station, accompanied by forensic experts and a dog squad, examined the scene and collected evidence. Oraon’s identity was established after police recovered his Aadhaar card from his wallet and contacted his family in Jharkhand.“His brother-in-law, who lives in Delhi, reached Gurgaon after we informed the family and completed the legal formalities. The body was sent for autopsy,” another police official said.Oraon, according to cops, was divorced and is survived by two children, who live with their mother in Jharkhand.The case has now been transferred to the crime branch. Officials suspect Oraon had been drinking with a group on Monday night and that a quarrel escalated into the fatal assault. They also believe his face was deliberately crushed after the murder in an apparent attempt to disfigure the body and make identification difficult.Sources said nearby CCTV cameras had stopped functioning after last week’s heavy rain, limiting available footage.An FIR was registered under Section 103(1) (murder) of the BNS against unidentified persons at Sector 53 police station.
