The Jaripatka Police in Nagpur have registered a murder case after the body of a woman was found in suspicious circumstances inside a room on a farm in the Nara village area.
According to police, the complainant Moreshwar Ramaji Talekar (63), a resident of Nara Vasti near Hanuman Mandir in Jaripatka, owns around seven acres of farmland in Om Shanti Nagari near Shiv Mandir in Nara village.
Talekar had employed Sonu alias Golu Arun Jibhe (30) as a caretaker for the farm for nearly 10 years. Part of the farmland had been rented out for a brick kiln, while five small rooms were constructed on the property for storage and other purposes. Two of these rooms were also rented out.
On March 8, 2026, at around 7 am, caretaker Sonu informed Talekar that an unidentified woman was lying motionless inside Room No. 4 on the farm premises.
Talekar reached the spot and found the woman lying dead in a semi-nude condition, with maggots on her body, indicating that the death had occurred earlier. Police were immediately informed, and an accidental death case was initially registered at Jaripatka Police Station.
During the investigation, the woman was identified as Dasiya Ramprasad Uike, aged around 40 to 50 years, a resident of Chapara village in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. Police said she worked as a daily wage labourer.
However, the post-mortem report and further inquiry revealed that the woman had been assaulted on the abdomen with a blunt object, leading to her death.
Police suspect the involvement of Rajendra Yadav (40), who was reportedly staying with the deceased woman.
Based on a complaint lodged by Aarti Balluprasad Dhurve (32), a resident of Gajanan Nagar in Jaripatka, police registered a murder case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the suspect.
PSI Khutwal of Jaripatka Police Station is investigating the case, and efforts are underway to trace and arrest the accused.
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