Nagpur/Jabalpur: The worst fear for the Khan family came true on Wednesday, as the police are believed to have found the body of Nagpur West Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sana Khan in the Narmada River near the village of Sihora. However, no official comments have been made in this regard yet.
Earlier, the prime accused and Khan’s husband cum business partner, Amit alias Pappu Sahu, confessed to killing Khan with sticks and dumping her body in the Hiren River.
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According to police sources, the Hiren River meets the Narmada River 3 kilometers downstream from where Sahu dumped Khan’s body. The body must have floated from the Hiren River to the Narmada River and then, through Narmadapuram, Harda, reached the village of Sihora.
It is pertinent to mention that after being on the run for several days, the police nabbed him from Jabalpur a few days ago. Subsequently, he confessed to the crime and was brought back to Nagpur city.
Earlier, a team from Mankapur Police station, acting on a missing person report filed by Sana’s family, collaborated with their counterparts in Jabalpur to track down Sahu and his associates. The breakthrough came near XIDAS College in the Gora Bazar area, where the two were apprehended.
Amidst rampant speculation about Sana Khan’s fate over the past days, last week witnessed a somber resolution to the case. Sahu’s location was traced to the Gora Bazar area, which incidentally was the last known location of Sana’s mobile handset. Sana Khan, who held the position of President in BJP’s Minority Cell, had informed her mother about her trip to Jabalpur to discuss financial matters with Amit Sahu on August 1. Subsequently, all contact was lost as her phone went dead, igniting widespread conjecture about her sudden disappearance.
Amit Sahu, the prime accused, hails from a politically well-connected family associated with the BJP. Although suspicion had gravitated towards Amit from the outset, the lack of concrete leads had hindered progress in the investigation.
A dedicated team from Mankapur Police station arrived in Jabalpur after Sana’s mother filed a missing person’s report on August 4. Over the last five days, the Mankapur team collaborated with Gora Bazar Police to delve into the matter.
Intriguingly, local political influence had initially cast a shadow over apprehending and interrogating Amit. It was only after receiving the green light from higher authorities that Gora Bazar Police managed to extract a confession from Amit, who subsequently divulged his involvement in the heinous crime.
Amit’s account of events reveals that Sana arrived in Jabalpur by bus on August 2, engaging in a heated altercation over financial disputes with Amit. Reportedly, Sana had lent a sum of Rs 50 lakh to Amit, which she sought to recover, sparking the argument. Police are diligently working to ascertain the exact triggers of the dispute.
