Accused Calls Cab to Dump Body…
The accused, who was identified as Hitesh Das, directed the driver to Kamalpur, where he disposed of the bag allegedly containing the body deep down into the forest.
"He (the accused) is from my native village in Nalbari district and he called me to book my cab offline to go to the village, so I agreed to it. He put a suspicious looking sack in the boot of the cab. He said it is a dead pig in the sack.
"Then when he stopped to dump the sack, I saw blood stains. I questioned him and he confessed that this is the dead body of his friend whom he has killed over some money dispute. He also threatened me," the driver, identified as Khagen Das, told reporters.
Following this, a police team was alerted immediately and was able to track down the accused.
"Today in the evening a cab driver came and informed us that one of his acquaintances had taken something in a bag in his car which he suspected to be a dead body.
The accused took the bag and dumped it near an area close to Baihata Chariali...based on the information we started our investigation and arrested the accused," said Commissioner of Police Diganta Borah.
The accused and the victim, who knew each other over the last 12 years, had a scuffle over a monetary issue, police sources said.
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