Rimjhim Chaturvedi killed for financial gains: Sister

PATNA: The family of Rimjhim Chaturvedi has claimed that she was not killed for black magic but for financial gains as the main conspirator, Rohit Kumar, and a few others had taken a hefty sum of money from her which they didn’t want to return.
Rimjhim, the wife of a Ghazipur-based dentist Vishwajeet Chaturvedi, was shot dead at a secluded spot near Punpun dam under Naubatpur police station area in western Patna on November 23.Her body was recovered the next morning.
On November 27, police arrested Rohit, his friend Kamal Sharma, Suraj Kumar, Pawan Kumar and shooters Ranjit Kumar and Rahul Kumar for their alleged involvement in the murder.
Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma had said Rohit got Rimjhim killed as she had threatened to damage him by her black magic if she severed his connection. The SSP had also said Rohit believed that he was in her grip due to which he became depressed and suffered panic attacks.
Rimjhim’s younger sister Shweta Pathak on Friday contacted this newspaper and alleged that her sister had a diary in which details of the money given to others are mentioned.
Pathak claimed that their family don’t believe in black magic angle of the police. “Rimjhim was killed for financial gains,” she alleged.
“She had paid Rs10 lakh to Rohit earlier. She might have given him more money in the last few months,” she alleged.
Pathak, who is settled in Buxar and looks after the family property, said the diary is kept in a bank locker which they will take out in a couple of days and share its details with everyone.
“Rimjhim’s son also told us that Rohit used to visit their home and talked about ‘balu (sand) tender’ with her. The diary would also makeit clear how much she had paid him and others and for what purposes,” Pathak said.
She said Rimjhim had started an online business of selling masks, sanitisers and other items with Rohit’s colleague Poonam after Covid-19 last year.
“Earlier, she was into online sale of Indian female dresses and ran old beauty parlour established by their mother on Boring road,” she said.
When asked, SSP Sharma said Rohit’s motive of killing Rimjhim was based on investigation. “Investigation and evidences clearly support Rohit’s confession that he used to believe in Rimjhim’s black magic and finally got her killed,” he said, denying any further comment.