Overview

• Police traced CCTV footage and call logs to locate Sahab Bind in Bhadohi before wounding him in the leg when he resisted arrest.
• During interrogation, Sahab Bind admitted that persistent demands for marriage and money prompted him to slit the throat of his girlfriend, MSc student Alka Bind.
• Alka’s body was discovered wrapped in a blanket inside a Vidhan Basera Dhaba room near her college in Mirzamurad on July 3.
• Investigators recovered a blood-stained vegetable knife at the scene and have sent the body for post-mortem as forensic teams continue evidence analysis.
• Local protests and calls from political leaders have increased pressure on Varanasi police to conduct a swift and thorough investigation.