Missing BJP leader beaten to death by husband, body thrown in river: Police

Jabalpur, Agencies: A resident of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, who has been arrested on the charge of killing a Nagpur-based woman BJP member, has told the police that the victim was his wife and he murdered her over monetary and personal issues, an official here said on Saturday.

Amit Sahu alias Pappu (37) told the investigators that he killed Sana Khan by hitting her with a stick in his house and later dumped the body into a river, he said.

Sahu was arrested from Jabalpur's Gorabazar area on Friday on the charge of killing Sana, a resident of Nagpur.

“The accused said he killed his wife by hitting her with a stick in his house and later threw her body into the Hiran river from a bridge near Meregaon village under Belkheda police station limits,” police said.