Bhopal: Three safety guards had been murdered in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar metropolis within the final 72 hours with police suspecting that the identical individual may need killed a minimum of two of them. Whereas the killings precipitated panic and in addition led to hypothesis in regards to the involvement of a serial killer, police officers on Thursday stated it could be too early to leap to any conclusion. Police additionally issued a sketch of a suspected killer. A reward of Rs 30,000 (Rs 10,000 for every case) will probably be given for any info resulting in the arrest of the wrongdoer or culprits, stated Sagar district superintendent of police (SP) Tarun Nayak.
Police additionally issued an advisory to the establishments and different institutions deploying safety guards that these guards ought to stay awake throughout night time obligation hours. In the event that they discover any suspicious individual roaming round, they need to instantly inform the police management room whose cellular numbers had been additionally publicized.
Safety guard Kalyan Lodhi, who was in his 50s and deployed at a manufacturing facility, was killed on the intervening night time of August 28-29 below the Cantt police station limits. His head was discovered smashed with a hammer, Further Superintendent of Police Vikram Singh Kushwaha stated. Shambhu Narayan Dube (60), who was on guard obligation at an arts and commerce school, was killed on the intervening night time of August 29-30 below Civil Strains police station limits. His head was discovered smashed with a stone, the official stated.
Within the third incident, watchman Mangal Ahirwar, who guarded a home in Moti Nagar space, was killed on the intervening night time of August 30-31 after being hit with a stick, stated Kushwaha. Whereas it appeared that Lodhi and Dube had been killed by the identical individual, the variety of culprits may very well be extra, he added.
SP Tarun Nayak stated the killings in Cantt and Civil Strains police station areas had been comparable in nature and appeared to have been executed by the identical individual. Based mostly on CCTV footage and scientific proof collected thus far, the police had been working to nab the killer on the earliest, he stated. It was too early to say if the wrongdoer was a “serial killer” or somebody affected by a psychological dysfunction, he added.
Police have gotten some particular leads in regards to the wrongdoer and particular groups have been constituted to nab him, the official additional stated. Madhya Pradesh dwelling minister Narottam Mishra advised reporters in Bhopal that the “entire police force has been put on high alert.”
“Watchmen on night duty are also alerted. We are also making the public aware of the issue. CCTV footage from the entire Sagar city was being collected. At one or two places in the CCTV footage, a person was seen running away from the spot,” he stated. It seems that the identical individual was behind these incidents, however until the wrongdoer was arrested, it was not attainable to say something definitive as it could trigger confusion, the minister added.
In 2018, police arrested ‘serial killer’ Aadesh Khamra from Mandideep in MP’s Raisen district for allegedly killing 34 truck drivers and cleaners in a decade. He’s at present lodged in a jail within the state capital Bhopal and the trial is underway, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bittu Sharma stated.
