Bodies of a truck driver, his helper and another individual had been recovered from the Lucknow-Gorakhpur freeway below Chhawani police station space of Basti district on Saturday morning.
According to police, whereas the physique of the helper was discovered close to a roadside restaurant on the freeway, the opposite two our bodies had been discovered contained in the truck parked round 2 km from that spot.
Police suspect that whereas one in every of them was strangled to loss of life, the opposite two had been killed utilizing a sharp-edged weapon. Several police groups have been shaped within the district to crack resolve the case.
“Around 9 am, we were informed of a dead body found near Aadesh Dhaba in Chaawani police station area. Soon the local police station in-charge reached the spot and based on a mobile phone recovered, the body was identified to be of one Sonu Maurya… On further probe, it was found that he had reached there on a truck belonging to a person from Unnao… Roughly 2 km away on the Lucknow highway, we found the truck with bodies of one Mohammad Aslam from Bihar and truck driver Rajkumar in it. Mobile phones of both of them were found in the truck. We have found around Rs 90,000 from their possession. Prima facie, it appears that these people had an argument with someone at the spot where Maurya’s body was found as there are signs of struggle there. The reason behind the killing is yet to be identified as the accused left the truck, money and mobile phones,” Superintendent of Police (Basti) Hemraj Meena stated.
“We have asked the forensic and surveillance teams to work on the case,” the SP stated asserting that the case could be solved quickly.
