Love turned lethal in Jharkhand’s capital during Valentine’s Week. In a shocking crime, a woman and her husband orchestrated the murder of her married paramour in Sonahatu, near Ranchi, mutilating his body in a macabre display of rage before discarding it in the Kanchi River.
Harihar Mahato, 25, vanished on January 31. Eight days later, fishermen spotted his torso on February 8 along the Domadiah riverbank. The scene was nightmarish: perpetrators had decapitated him and mangled his private organs to humiliate and hide his identity.
Unraveling the plot, police zeroed in on Sulochana Devi, Harihar’s lover of two years, and her spouse Chatrapati Mahato. Enraged by the affair, Chatrapati devised the hit. Sulochana enticed Harihar to the isolated spot that evening. Her husband sprang from hiding, and together they bludgeoned him to death. To cover tracks, they severed key body parts and disposed of them separately.
Call records and witness tips led to the duo’s arrest. As questioning intensifies, villagers in Domadiah reel from the horror—Harihar leaves behind a wife and infant. The community demands justice amid whispers of broader involvement.
Extramarital liaisons have sparked multiple fatalities in Ranchi lately. Recall the January 24 Doranda incident where Taukir Ansari gunned down wife Taranum over infidelity suspicions, then suicided. Police highlight a disturbing pattern, calling for awareness to curb such escalating violence.