PSI among three persons held for murdering youth

Three persons, including a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), were arrested for allegedly murdering a man after he developed friendship with the wife of one of the accused.
The accused have been identified as PSI Mohan Saxena (59) posted in Police Lines, Shajapur, his son Nitin Saxena (29), and an occultist Sanjay Vyas (48), police said.
The victim, identified as Ankit Chourasia (25) was working as a driver with the Saxena family and had befriended Nitin Saxena's wife, which came to the notice of the father-son duo, Superintendent of Police (SP) North, Arvind Saxena told reporters.
After this, Chourasia was removed from the job. However, he would still visit their house on some or the other pretext, the SP said.

When the woman's family members warned him, Chourasia threatened to "expose" them with some photos he had with them and started blackmailing them, he said.
Following this, the accused contacted Sanjay Vyas, an occultist and gave him Rs 15,000 and hatched a plan to kill Chourasia, the police official said.

Later, Vyas called Chourasia to a secluded place and took him in his car to Bhojapura forest area under Berasia police station in Bhopal district, he said.
The trio killed him there by attacking him with an iron rod and stones on January 14, he said.
The cars owned by Vyas and Saxena, and the iron rods, clothes and stones used in the crime have been seized, he said, adding further investigation is on.