Black magic led to murder of Ghazipur-based dentist’s wife: Police

PATNA: With preliminary investigations suggesting that black magic was one of the reasons for the recent murder of Ghazipur-based dentist’s wife Rimjhim Chaturvedi (45), police are in a state of shock. The main conspirator, Rohit Kumar, was interrogated thrice by different police officers after his arrest on Saturday.Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said several cut marks were found on Rimjhim’s wrist. He said her friend Poonam told police that Rimjhim used to visit burial grounds and take out her blood from wrist to perform black magic.“Investigations revealed that Rimjhim used to call Rohit only during her periods as she believed that her ‘powers’ were at the peak that time. There were several rings on her fingers. Rohit got Rimjhim killed as he was in her ‘grip’ due to black magic. Rimjhim used to threaten Rohit of severe consequences if he cut ties with her. Rohit’s brother-in-law had died recently. Rimjhim told him that her brother-in-law died as he didn’t listen to her,” the SSP said.Police had arrested Rohit, his friend Kamal Sharma, Suraj Kumar, Pawan Kumar and shooters Ranjit Kumar and Rahul Kumar for their alleged involvement in the murder on Saturday. Police said Rohit had developed severe depression and suffered panic attacks due to Rimjhim’s activities.Police recovered Kamal’s car in which Rohit had taken Rimjhim to Naubatpur, two motorcycle, a country made semi-automatic pistol, two magazines, three live cartridges and six cellphones from the possession of the arrested people.Police said of Rs 4 lakh paid to the shooters, Rs 2.25 lakh was recovered. Surprisingly, Rohit had taken Rs 4 lakh from Rimjhim as loan and used the money to hire killers. Rimjhim was shot dead near Punpun dam in Naubatpur on November 23. Her body was found the next morning.