Serial Killer Accused of Murdering 3 Security Guards in Sagar, 1 In Bhopal Arrested

According to police, the threads that connect all the murders are the time of the attack (middle of the night), victim profile (security guards sleeping on premises of a house or building), and the murder weapon (blunt objects such as hammer and spades).

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Analiza Pathak

Updated: September 2, 2022, 12:32 PM IST

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Dhurve targeted sleeping security guards and killed three of them in Sagar district and the fourth one in Bhopal, police said.

Bhopal: A man was arrested on Friday for alleged involvement in the ‘serial killing’ of three security guards in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar city with police claiming that he had killed a security guard in Bhopal too. The killings of three guards in Sagar city earlier this week had created panic and led to speculation about a serial killer being on the loose. Confirming the arrest of a person in the case, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra told reporters that the accused had allegedly killed a security guard in the state capital too.

The accused had killed one Sonu Verma (23) by hitting him with a piece of a marble pillar, Khajuri police station in-charge Sandhya Mishra told PTI. Verma was working as a security guard in a marble shop in Khajuri area of Bhopal district, she added.

“We picked-up the accused in the early hours from Bhopal. There is high probability that he is the main person behind the incidents in Sagar. Our investigations are underway,” Sagar Inspector General of Police Anurag had told.

Serial killings in Sagar, Bhopal

FIRST MURDER: Security guard Kalyan Lodhi, who was in his 50s and deployed in a factory, was killed on the intervening night of August 28-29 under Cantt police station limits. His head was smashed with a hammer, Additional Superintendent of Police Vikram Singh Kushwaha said. Also Read – Masturbating in Public Infers Sexual Intent: Mumbai Court Convicts 60-Year-Old in Child Abuse Case

SECOND MURDER: Another security guard, Shambhu Narayan Dube (60), who was on duty at an arts and commerce college, was killed on the intervening night of August 29-30 under Civil Lines police station limits. His head was smashed with a stone. Also Read – Breaking News Highlights: BJP Stages Protest Outside Arvind Kejriwal’s Residence Against Delhi Govt

THIRD MURDER: Watchman Mangal Ahirwar, who guarded a house, was killed in Moti Nagar area on the intervening night of August 30-31 after being attacked with a stick.

According to police, the threads that connect all the murders are the time of the attack (middle of the night), victim profile (security guards sleeping on premises of a house or building), and the murder weapon (blunt objects such as hammer and spades).