Overview
- Ambesh Kumar, also known as Rinku, was arrested in Jaunpur’s Jafrabad area after his parents, Shyam Bahadur and Babita Devi, disappeared on December 8.
- Investigators say he bludgeoned his mother with a pestle and fatally struck and strangled his father during a domestic altercation at their Ahmadpur home.
- Police recovered the suspected murder implements, including a silbatta and a metal-cutting saw, and registered a murder case before remanding the accused to jail.
- At least one body part believed to be from Shyam Bahadur has been retrieved from the Gomti near Belawa bridge, and divers are searching for additional remains, with one part reportedly thrown into the Sai.
- Officers cite long-running disputes over money and property and tensions surrounding the accused’s interfaith marriage and related maintenance demands as factors in the case.