UP: Man killed over love affair, 1 arrested

LUCKNOW: A man was arrested for murdering a trader over a love affair and later dumping his body in a drain in Sleeper Colony, under Manakpur police station, on Saturday.


The deceased, Jogendra

Yadav

, was reported missing from Charbagh by his family on March 1. During investigation, police said that Jogendra was last seen meeting an acquaintance Rajesh, a resident of Sultanpur. A police team was sent to Sultanpur to search for Rajesh, who was interrogated on Saturday evening. SHO of

Hussainganj

police station, Anil Kumar, said, “During interrogation, Rajesh told the police that both he and Jogendra loved the same girl. He was upset after the girl chose Jogendra over him.’ “Rajesh lured Jogendra to a secluded place and then kidnapped him. He told the police that he slit Jogendra’s throat with a knife and stuffed the body in a sack. He later went to Sleeper Colony and dumped the sack in a drain,” he said.