Chaibasa (Jharkhand), May 12 (PTI) Police on Monday recovered the body of a village head with its throat slit in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, officials said.
Victim Manjit Haiburu, a resident of Basahatu village in the district’s Khuntpani block, had gone to a market on Sunday but did not return home, police added.
Villagers found Haiburu’s body on the side of a road at Basa Gamahria village in the district’s Khuntpani block on Monday morning and informed police.
A police team headed by Pandrasali outpost in-charge Mrinal Kumar went to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem examination.
Kumar said an investigation is underway to trace the killer. PTI BS MNB
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