A 52-year-old BJP leader who had been missing for two days was found dead in Assam’s Sribhumi district on Friday, with police alleging he had been murdered.
Bikash Dhar was a resident of Chagalmowa village under Bazaricherra police station. His body was recovered from an abandoned house in the Yogicherra area near the Tripura border.
His body was recovered from an abandoned house in the Yogicherra area near the Tripura border on Friday morning. Bikash Dhar was a resident of Chagalmowa village under Bazaricherra police station. After several hours, when my uncle called him, his phone was switched off. We have started a probe under the Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime), who went to the victim’s house and collected all the details”.
Dhar’s family had lodged a missing complaint on August 12 after he left home following a phone call. “On August 12, at around 1 pm, my father suddenly went out after receiving a phone call. When he did not return, we started searching for him at around 10 pm and later filed a missing complaint at the police station,” said the victim’s son, Madan Dhar. Speaking to reporters, Sribhumi Superintendent of Police Leena Doley said, “We have received a missing complaint on Bikash Dhar, who was missing from his home since August 12.
When we asked him, he said he had to attend an emergency meeting. She said five people were arrested for the murder.
