In Sant Kabir Nagar, the broad daylight murder of Nandini Rajbhar, a provincial secretary of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, has left the community in shock. Nandini Rajbhar was found in a pool of blood on the floor beneath her bed, suffering from a severe neck injury. She had been receiving threats for several days, and a land dispute is emerging as a potential motive. The police are actively engaged in the investigation.
According to reports, local land mafias had illicitly registered land belonging to Nandini Rajbhar's father-in-law, Balakrishna, without fully paying him. Consequently, on February 29, Balakrishna committed suicide. His body was found on railway tracks.
In this case, Nandini Rajbhar was ardently supporting her father-in-law against local land mafias – Shravan Yadav, Dhruv Chand Yadav, and Panne Lal Yadav. She was vocally opposing these accused for fraud, intimidation, and non-payment issues.
Was the land dispute the motive behind the crime?
One of the accused, Panne Lal Yadav, has been arrested and put behind bars. Meanwhile, on Sunday, March 10, Nandini Rajbhar was brutally murdered at her home. The police have apprehended three of the five named suspects, including Anand Yadav, Dhruv Chand Yadav, and a woman.
It has been claimed that the mentioned Yadav accused had taken advantage of Balakrishna's inebriated state to forcibly register his valuable roadside land without the full payment. Despite land registration, the remaining balance was not paid by the culprits.
The situation escalated when Balakrishna died, prompting Nandini Rajbhar to demand the arrest of the culprits and initiate legal proceedings. This became the likely cause of her murder, though police investigation continues. Officials assure that the case will be disclosed soon.
Action in the Nandini Murder Case
DIG of Basti Range, R.K. Bhardwaj, following the suicide of Balakrishna on February 29 and the recent murder of Nandini Rajbhar, has placed the SO of Khalilabad on dispatch duty at the range office. Additional SP of Basti has been assigned to investigate the negligence of the police officers.
Furthermore, an SIT has been formed to investigate the murder and identify those involved in the wrongful land registration, under the direct monitoring of DIG of Basti Range, R.K. Bhardwaj.
A bloodied corpse found in the room
The entire incident took place in the Digha region of Sant Kabir Nagar, where Nandini Rajbhar, the provincial secretary of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, was murdered in broad daylight. The murder at her residence in Digha, Khalilabad, caused a sensation. Late in the evening, villagers began a sit-in demanding action, which led to a violent clash with the police. However, after assurances were given, the crowd dispersed, and the body was sent for postmortem.
Nandini had been receiving threats
According to family members, Nandini had been threatened for several days and was under much stress. They did not disclose the source of the threats. Nandini's mother-in-law, Aarti Devi, reported that she found the house door open when she arrived around 4 PM. She called out for Nandini but got no response and found Nandini's body on the floor near the bed in a dark room. Upon attempting to wake her, she discovered Nandini was dead, with blood around and her throat slashed. The police were immediately notified, and a forensic team took custody of the body.
