Husband arrested for killing wife, dumping body in river in Madhya Pradesh

A BJP leader from Nagpur, who went missing on August 2, was allegedly killed by her husband in Jabalpur, police have said.

Local police have arrested an eatery owner identified as Amit alias Pappu Sahu, who confessed to killing his wife Sana Khan and throwing her body into a river.

According to media reports quoting officials, Khan, a Nagpur resident and BJP minority cell member, had gone to Jabalpur on August 2 to meet Sahu who she had married four months ago, but went missing the same day.

The family members of Khan filed a complaint against Sahu, suspecting him to be behind the disappearance of their daughter.

Following the complaint, police arrested Sahu, who during the interrogation, confessed to killing Khan.

According to the initial investigation, the couple had a fight over a gold chain and money that Khan gifted to Sahu at the time of the court marriage, police said. However, police are further interrogating Sahu and trying to recover the body, said the ASP.

Amit Sahu was previously married to a policewoman they were separated,” police added.