Bihar: Man killed by wife, kin over property dispute in Supaul district

PATNA: One Mohammad Kurban, 60, was allegedly killed and buried inside their home by his wife, son and daughter-in-law as they were opposed to his plan to sell a 2-katha plot of land.
Though Kurban was strangled a fortnight back at village Parsa under Kishanpur police station area in Supaul district, the police came to know about it on Thursday night and exhumed the body on Friday and got the postmortem conducted.
Kishanpur police station SHO Suman Kumar on Saturday said Kurban’s wife Zubaida Khatoon was arrested and sent to jail on Friday for alleged involvement in her husband’s murder.
“Kurban’s son Mohammad Mateen and daughter-in-law Ajmeri Khatoon, Ajmeri’s father Nasir Ansari and her brother Mohammad Zakir are evading arrest. Mateen went to Jaipur after killing his father to show that everything was normal. A team would be sent there to arrest him,” he said.
The SHO said Kurban had not been keeping well for several years and the family members were annoyed over his illness. “Besides, the relationship between Kurban and his wife was not good. They always fought with each other. Also, Kurban wanted to sell two kattha land in the village for his daughter’s marriage which his other family members opposed,” he said.
The SHO said all these reasons led to the situation that they murdered him. “He was buried in the house where woods are stored for cooking food. Kurban's wife has confessed to her crime,” he said.
In fact, the villagers suspected foul play after they didn’t see Kurban for several days. “They quizzed Zubaida, who said he had gone to Jaipur with Mateem for treatment. A couple of villagers rang Mateem on several occasions and asked him to bring his father on line, but he did not,” the SHO said.
He said that created suspicion in villagers’ minds and they barged into Kurban’s residence on Thursday night and found a suspicious spot which seemed like a grave and informed the police.