Terror struck Amapur Diyara in Bhagalpur’s Gogha area when a 20-year-old’s body was discovered hacked into five segments, scattered in fields and a reservoir – but crucially, without its head. The perpetrator’s flight with the skull has intensified the probe into this macabre slaying.
It began innocently enough: farmers heading to their maize plots on Saturday uncovered the atrocities – limbs and torso flung carelessly in bushes and crops. One fragment bobbed in shallow waters nearby. Gogha SHO Ajit Kumar’s team pieced together the remains after hours of grueling work, yet the head eluded them entirely.
A wristwatch on the victim’s arm stands as a potential identifier, paired with his attire. Experts peg the death at three days old, inflicted by a sharp edge, followed by dismemberment to thwart detection.
Deploying forensics and canine units, police treat this as a cold-blooded plot. ‘Identification awaits the missing head,’ noted SHO Kumar, while cross-checking local disappearances. Autopsies proceed as combing operations expand.
The incident has sown dread across the riverside hamlets, spotlighting lapses in vigilance. As the hunt escalates, the community grapples with the shadow of an unseen monster in their midst.