Jun 05, 2025 03:15 PM IST

Police mentioned that Shyama Devi, 55, and her husband, #Bharat Ram, 60, had been sitting close to their roadside hut on Tuesday when a rushing automobile hit the couple

A rushing automobile hit and killed a pair in #Bihar’s #Saharsa district, dragged the husband for 3 km earlier than the motive force stopped to dump the physique within the boot and drove 14 km to bury it earlier than fleeing, police mentioned on Thursday.

The physique was exhumed as one individual, who allegedly helped the accused to hide it, was arrested. (#Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The physique was exhumed as one individual, who allegedly helped the accused to hide it, was arrested. Police mentioned that the automobile was registered within the identify of Anoj Kumar Singh, who gifted the automobile to his son-in-law. Keshav Kumar Singh, a cousin of the son-in-law, drove the automobile when it hit the couple.

Police mentioned Shyama Devi, 55, and her husband, #Bharat Ram, 60, had been sitting close to their roadside hut on Tuesday when the rushing automobile hit the couple. Devi died on the spot, and her physique was recovered 30 metres away, however Ram went lacking, triggering protests.

Police pressed a canine squad and a technical group into service and filed a case towards unidentified accused below #Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 281 (rash or negligent driving), 105 (inflicting loss of life by negligence), and 106 (1) (inflicting loss of life by rash or negligent act) primarily based on the assertion of the couple’s son, Butan Kumar.

Police superintendent Himansu, who constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), scanned CCTV footage from cameras put in between Saurbazar and #Saharsa (14.3 km) and first recognized the car with the assistance of the registration quantity and seized it. “…the SIT found that the car first stopped at Jivachhpur, where the driver tried to separate the body from the vehicle, but he was unable to do so. Police recovered some body parts and clothes from the spot. Later, the driver arrived at the house of his friend [Sunil Kumar Sharma], some seven km from Jivachhpur, who arranged sacks for the driver.”

He added that the motive force stored the physique in a sack, took it to an remoted place, and buried it with the assistance of an excavator, whose operator advised police he had dug a grave on the directive of his employer to bury cattle, close to a building web site. “The body was recovered and sent for autopsy,” mentioned Himansu. He added that the SIT first appeared for Ram at authorities and personal hospitals.

“As the incident took place around 4.30am, there were few people on the road and perhaps nobody noticed the man trapped between the engine and wheels.”