July 05, Kathmandu.
Sujita Bhandari, age 23, of Rapti Municipality-3 in Chitwan had left home nine days ago. According to Didi Kavita, the previous evening she had told him to go to a friend's house to get vegetables. When Kavita woke up in the morning, her sister was not at home. She thought, 'Sujita has gone to get vegetables.'
But after 10 o'clock, Sujita did not return. "I called him several times to ask when he would come after the food was cooked," says Kavita. "I went to the ring but didn't get up." When they returned to their parents who had gone to the farm, they also searched for Sujita. When Kavita told him that she had gone to her friend, she thought that she would return.
"When I woke up at 5 am to go to the field, I saw my daughter was sleeping," says Sujita's father. "When my sister woke up at 6 am, she was not there." Based on this statement, the police have estimated that Sujita may have left the house between 5.30 pm and 6.30 pm.
At around 12 noon, Kavita saw her sister's 'Miss Call' on her mobile phone. She returned the phone, and Sujita picked it up.
'I have been blindfolded and put in a car. I was abducted.' She was shocked to hear what she had to say and could not figure out what to do. The sister added, "A taxi came to Simara Chowk and asked where the road to Sauraha was." If you don't know what to do, put it in your car and put it in the car. '
"Where are they taking you?" Didi sent an SMS. Kavita's NTC numbers at 12:44 and 12:42 have received SMS replies, 'East.' Then the connection was lost. She informed her parents, and the police were told that Sujita had been abducted.
According to Kavita, she did not know the way to Sauraha Chowk and was put in the car saying, "If you don't know, who will?" The phone rang without being heard. She tried to contact him again. But 'unreachable' came.
Confused about the abduction
According to SP Om Prasad Adhikari of the District Police Office, Chitwan, the news of Sujita's abduction reached the Area Police Office, Bhandara after 12 noon. As soon as the technical analysis was started, the police started interrogation and monitoring in the area where he was said to be missing.
Kavita was allegedly abducted by two women and a man in a taxi over the phone. But people living in the vicinity of the missing area told police they did not see any suspicious activity. There was no close circuit (CC) camera in the area.
If he had been abducted, he would have been called for ransom. After informing the family, the police were waiting for the abductor's phone. But no suspicious phone call came.
Analyzing the technicalities, the police found a discrepancy in the information given by Sujita to her sister. She said in an SMS that she was taken 'eastwards'. But the analysis of BTS Tower found that Kumroz's tower in Chitwan was tipping on his mobile.
Sujita's mobile was found to be using excessive internet 'data'. From her call detail record (CDR), messages, and analysis of Facebook, the police found that Sujita was in constant contact with a young man until a month ago. But last time no connection was confirmed with him.
Ransom is the main reason behind most kidnappings. The 'abductors' did not make any demands in the Sujita case. Nor have they tried to contact the family.
Some abductions are based on personal recidivism. It is not that the police did not investigate the motive. "The family is very low-income, they can't afford to pay," said an official involved in the investigation. "Again, no one in the family has a receipt."
Signs of poisoning
Police did not find any other evidence to confirm that Sujita was abducted until the ninth day of her disappearance. So it was suspected that he had gone with a young man. With the same suspicion, the police were interrogating Sujita's friends who are studying in the fourth year of graduation.
As pressure mounted on the police, the Naxals deployed a team from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) to Chitwan. However, the body of a young woman was found in the forest of Bramhasthani Community Forest of Rapti Municipality-3 at 2 pm on Sunday.
The locals who went to look for the mushrooms had informed the police after seeing the body stuck in the middle of the forest. According to Chitwan Police Chief SP Om Prasad Adhikari, a police team had reached the spot soon after the body was found.
The body was found in a forest about 3 km away from the house. According to the SP, the family members identified the body found in the forest as .
As it was late at night, the police sealed off the scene. A search of the site in the morning turned up a bag of pesticide. A bottle of 'Sprite' has also been found at the spot. Police suspect that he may have been poisoned by putting it there. Police said that no other injuries were found on the body.
According to the investigating officers, it has been seen that Sujita died due to poisoning. But only the post-mortem report will solve it. The issue of a postmortem at Bharatpur Hospital or at Kathmandu Tribhuvan Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj has not been decided yet.
