Sunita Chaturvedi, a widowed schoolteacher, and her eight-year-old son, Kavyansh, were murdered in Amleshwar, Durg district, Chhattisgarh. Sunita had been in an extramarital affair with Chhatrapal Singhor for approximately one and a half to two years after meeting on Instagram. Conflict erupted when Chhatrapal secretly married another woman in April, leading Sunita to demand that he fulfill his prior promise of marriage. To distance himself, Chhatrapal enlisted his cousin Shubham. On June 18, Shubham lured Sunita and her son on a scooter to an isolated location under the pretext of meeting Chhatrapal. When Sunita refused to yield during a heated argument, Chhatrapal and Shubham strangled her to death. To eliminate her son as an eyewitness, they strangled Kavyansh as well. Late that night, the suspects wrapped the bodies in sarees, stuffed them into sacks weighed down with stones and mud, and dumped them into two separate wells 30 to 40 meters apart. Durg Police solved the case within 24 hours using CDR analysis and witness accounts, arresting both suspects.
Country: India
State/Province: Chhattisgarh, India
City/Region: Amleshwar
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Extramarital relationship
Relationship Duration: Approximately 2 years
Incident Date: June 18, 2025
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Infidelity
This case illustrates a lethal escalation arising from an extramarital romantic affair and subsequent betrayal. Sunita Chaturvedi, a widowed schoolteacher, entered into a romantic relationship with Chhatrapal Singhor after meeting on social media. When Chhatrapal secretly married another woman, Sunita pressed him to fulfill his promises of marriage. Fearing social exposure and disruption to his newly married life, Chhatrapal conspired with his cousin Shubham to eliminate Sunita, along with her child who witnessed the crime.
Durg Police responded rapidly after villagers discovered two weighted sacks floating in separate wells in Amleshwar. Forensic (FSL) sampling was conducted, water samples were collected, and call detail records (CDR) were analyzed. A critical breakthrough occurred when a female villager reported seeing Chhatrapal walking with a woman and child on the night of June 18. Upon detailed interrogation, Chhatrapal broke down and confessed to strangling both victims alongside his cousin Shubham. Both suspects were arrested within 24 hours.
Initially, villagers and police did not realize the floating sacks contained human remains, assuming they held garbage or discarded items. Furthermore, Chhatrapal and Shubham mingled among the crowd of villagers watching the body recovery operations to avoid suspicion, initially denying involvement when questioned.
The investigation commenced when a village woman drawing water discovered a floating sack in a well, leading villagers to retrieve the corpse of eight-year-old Kavyansh. A second sack in a nearby well 30 to 40 meters away yielded the body of Sunita Chaturvedi. Witness statements placed Chhatrapal with the victims on June 18. Interrogation revealed that Shubham brought Sunita and her son on a scooter to a deserted spot where Chhatrapal and Shubham strangled Sunita during a dispute over Chhatrapal's marriage, then strangled Kavyansh to eliminate him as a witness before dumping their weighted bodies in separate wells late at night.
The risk profile escalated dramatically when Chhatrapal engaged in a secret marriage while maintaining an ongoing romantic relationship, creating severe interpersonal pressure. The deliberate involvement of a second perpetrator (cousin Shubham) to lure the victim to an isolated spot signaled high premeditated danger. The immediate liquidation of an eight-year-old child witness demonstrates extreme situational lethality and ruthless self-preservation.
Secret extramarital relationships accompanied by unfulfilled marriage promises pose significant violence risks when one party abruptly marries someone else. Isolated location meetings arranged under false pretenses serve as severe warning indicators, and child bystanders are at extreme risk of secondary homicide during lethal domestic conflicts.
Sunita's intense confrontations with Chhatrapal following his unexpected marriage in April, alongside Chhatrapal handing off communication to his cousin Shubham, were clear early warning signs of escalating tension.
A key witness statement from a female villager seeing Chhatrapal walk with a woman and child on June 18, combined with CDR analysis, directly pointed police to Chhatrapal.
Call detail records (CDR), witness identification, recovered sacks filled with stones and sarees in village wells, forensic water/body samples, and formal confessions served as primary evidence.
A female villager reported seeing Chhatrapal walking with a woman and a young child on the night of June 18. Villagers drawing water reported detecting a foul odor before noticing floating sacks in two separate wells.
Initial reports of unidentified floating sacks were quickly reclassified as a deliberate double homicide plot once the victims were identified as local residents Sunita and Kavyansh.
Post-mortem medical reports detailing exact anatomical findings remained pending at the time of the preliminary police briefing, though initial confessions confirmed strangulation.