Overview
- Police say the 64-year-old victim, identified as ex-serviceman Balram, was attacked in Khandsa on the night of June 12–13 and later went missing, prompting a family missing-person complaint on June 14.
- Investigators detained three neighbours on June 19 after CCTV review, technical surveillance and informer leads, and the suspects reportedly confessed during questioning.
- Forensic teams recovered fragments of charred bone at a vacant plot about 500 metres from Khandsa where police say the body was burned and the scene was doused with petrol and combustible material.
- Police recovered a gold ring the accused allegedly removed from the victim and sold for about ₹70,000, and they say they will seek remand to recover the motorcycle, sticks and other physical evidence.
- Authorities noted prior criminal records for two suspects and say the probe will focus on formal murder and evidence-destruction charges while forensic tests and identity confirmation of the remains continue.