DUMKA: Police recovered the body of a village chowkidar (local guard) from Jhilmili village under Shikaripara police station in Dumka district on Thursday.
The body was found lying in a pool of blood alongside the road.
There were marks of wounds on the chest of the deceased identified as Sabir Ansari (45) who according to the police was stabbed repeatedly by the culprits.
“Family members of the deceased Ansari had left home in his car at 9pm on Wednesday wearing his uniform and his dead body was spotted by villagers in the morning,” DSP Noor Mustafa said, adding his car which was torched by culprits was recovered from Nonihatwari village under Jama police station of the district situated 35km away from the spot where the dead body was recovered.
Mustafa also said the investigation into the alleged extramarital relationship of Ansari with a married woman from Gando village under Muffassil police station is being conducted so as to ascertain whether it was linked to his murder or not.
Sources said that the husband of his paramour and her brother had beaten him up earlier and warned him of dire consequences.