‘Wanted to infect everyone with HIV’:Bhopal murder accused’s motive revealed; had relations with men for many years

A shocking revelation has emerged regarding the HIV-positive accused arrested on 24 May in Bhopal for the murder of a factory worker. Investigations have revealed that the accused wanted to infect everyone with HIV. He had developed an addiction to having relations with different people. He had been having relations with men for many years. For this, he used to roam in the New Market and VIP Road areas. According to Katara Hills Police, the accused has been to jail in similar cases before. Now the police are investigating who all he came into contact with after being released from jail. Meanwhile, the pain of the family of the 36-year-old factory worker who lost his life in the murder has also come to light. The deceased’s wife, weeping, said, What wrong did my husband do to him? Why did he kill him? What enmity was there? He only worked day and night in two shifts, doing different jobs, just to build a future for his children. The woman stated that her husband was the sole breadwinner of the family. Now the responsibility of raising three children and the entire household has fallen solely on her shoulders. According to the police, on the night of 24 May, near the Ecological Park, the accused first pushed the youth down, then had unnatural sexual relations with him, and then crushed his head, killing him. The body was recovered from a drain in the Katara police station area on 30 May. After investigating the case, the police arrested the accused on 25 June and sent him to jail. Read the report Factory worker’s story was different Life in Mandideep, the industrial town near Bhopal, begins early as thousands of factory workers leave home with lunchboxes every morning. But the story of one worker was different. At his rented two-room home, equipped with a TV, fridge, cooler and other essentials, his wife and two daughters recalled his relentless struggle. She said he would come home only to collect his lunchbox and have tea. He worked at Crompton in Mandideep, earning about ₹17,000 with overtime, and had recently taken a second job as a security guard at Amazon’s delivery office in Bhopal for ₹10,000 a month. His first salary from the new job, due on 27 May, was meant to cover instalments for the fridge, cooler and bed. Left his village after mother’s second marriage His wife said he faced hardships from childhood. His father died when he was 15, after which his mother remarried and left him behind. He moved to Satlapur in Mandideep with his maternal uncle and began working as a factory labourer. The couple later married and had three children. For the past 21 years, he had worked in Mandideep, determined to give his children a better life. His elder daughter studies in Class 11, the younger in Class 8 and his son in Class 6. Despite high fees, he enrolled all three in private schools. Rising prices and a modest income made it difficult to run the household on one salary. Took second job for his children His wife said he was deeply worried about the children, which is why he started a second job that month. On 24 May, after returning home soaked in the rain and having consumed alcohol, she asked him not to go for his night shift. He replied that the cool air would sober him up. Their son wrapped both his mobile phones in a cloth before he left for work on his motorcycle. After every night shift, he usually returned by 6.30 am, got ready within an hour and left for his day job. His wife would keep tea and his lunchbox ready, but that morning he never came home. One phone was switched off while the other kept ringing, so she assumed he had gone straight to work. Missing report filed after a day of calls She kept calling throughout the day. When there was no response at 11 am or 2 pm, she went to Satlapur police station with a relative at around 5 pm and filed a missing person’s report. Police searched for him but found no trace. After five days of waiting and repeated visits to the station, officers took the family to identify a body on 30 May. She recognised her husband by his clothes, as his face had been badly crushed. ‘I don’t know how we will survive now’ His wife said she was brought to the police station after identifying the body and later learnt that the murder accused had also been brought there. She tried to confront him but was stopped by police. She said her husband had no enemies and worked 12-hour shifts at two jobs only to support his children. His first salary from the new job, meant for loan instalments and school fees, never came. The family had only recently managed to build a small home after years in a slum. Now, surviving has become uncertain, and she wonders how she will raise her two daughters and son. Accused found HIV positive in medical examination Katara Hills TI Sunil Dubey said, The accused underwent a medical examination. The investigation confirmed that he was HIV positive. He has been having relations with men for many years.The investigation revealed that the accused has previously been to jail for molesting a young man. He was in jail for about three months. In 2023, he had been in jail for about eight months in a similar case.