Giridih Police Solve Missing Youth Murder Case, Recover Skeleton from Tundi Forest

 

Police officials address a press conference at Pirtand Police Station 

Deepak Mishra, Jharkhand Spirit : In a major breakthrough, Giridih Police have solved the mysterious disappearance of a 72-year-old man's son by recovering the victim's skeletal remains from a forest under Tundi police station area in neighbouring Dhanbad district. Police have arrested one accused, who allegedly confessed to murdering the victim over a marriage-related dispute.

According to the police, the victim's father, Hriday Narayan Singh (72), a resident of Siyaranghi village under Pirtand police station in Giridih district, had lodged a complaint on July 1, 2026, stating that his son, Shankar Kumar Singh alias Bindu Singh, had left home on June 20 after saying he was returning from Giridih but never came back. The complainant also expressed suspicion that his son had been abducted by a woman named Soniya and others. Based on the complaint, Pirtand Police registered an abduction case and launched an investigation.

Taking the matter seriously, Giridih Superintendent of Police constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the leadership of Dumri SDPO Abid Khan. During the investigation, police relied on both human intelligence and technical evidence. The woman named in the FIR was brought from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, while another suspect, Chandan Kumar Bhokta, was called for questioning from his native village in Deoghar district.

During sustained interrogation, Chandan Kumar Bhokta allegedly confessed to the crime. Police said the accused revealed that he was under pressure to arrange the victim's marriage with the woman, but members of his in-laws' family opposed the proposal because the woman was already married and the mother of three children, though she had been living separately from her husband.

According to the confession, the accused lured Shankar Kumar Singh to Dhanbad on a motorcycle on the pretext of meeting the woman. He allegedly took the victim to a forest in the Basaha area under Tundi police station, where he attacked him with a stone and then strangled him with a gamchha ( towel), resulting in his death.

Acting on the accused's disclosure, the SIT recovered the victim's skeletal remains from the forest. Police also seized several items believed to be linked to the crime, including the orange-coloured gamcha allegedly used in the murder, the victim's clothes and footwear, the accused's mobile phone, and a knife recovered near the crime scene.

The arrested accused has been identified as Chandan Kumar Bhokta (32), son of Kali Prasad Bhokta, a resident of Sirsa village under Pathrol Police Station in Deoghar district. The investigation was carried out by the SIT led by SDPO Abid Khan, with the support of Dumri Circle Inspector Rajendra Prasad, Jitendra Kumar Singh officer incharge Pirtand Police Station, the district technical branch, and armed police personnel.