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Our Correspondent
NAMCHI, May 12: In a shocking
incident, a 35-year-old woman was killed
in cold blood in a village in South
Sikkim today morning.
Jeewan Sharma, 40, killed Sabitri
Biswakarma, 35, with a sharp Khukuri at
about 10:30 am today at the Payoung
village in South Sikkim.
According to the villagers, the victim,
along with her 12-year-old son, had come
to the village yesterday to meet her
father and other family members.
On her way back home this morning,
Sabitri was asked by the accused Jeewan
to stay in his rented room for a while.
It was at this time that the accused
brought out an old letter and told
Sabitri to read its contents.
Few minutes later, Jeewan took out a
sharp Khukuri from a bag and hit Sabitri
on her cheek causing grievous wound. In
the second attempt, his knife directly
hit the victim’s neck and she died on
the spot. Her son was the eye-witness to
the whole incident.
After a FIR was lodged at the Melli
Police Station by the victim’s father,
Bal Krishna, the Melli Police arrested
Jeewan from Melli Chalisey were he was
trying to cross the border to West
Bengal.
As per the source information, Savitri
was married to one Ram Kumar Biswakarma
of Sorok, South Sikkim and were
residents of Samardung in South Sikkim
under Rateypani constituency. She is
survived by her husband, a son and a
daughter.
The accused, who hails from Assam, is an
employee of Yoksam Beverage Limited for
the past 10 years and was staying in a
rented house in Payoung.
Today evening, the body of the deceased
was brought to the Namchi hospital for
autopsy. The cause of the murder is not
known. |
