Dantewada: Grandson murdered grandfather in greed for compensation, accused grandson arrested

Dantewada. The Bacheli police has solved the mystery of the blind murder that took place two years ago on the night of January 14, 2024, in the Bacheli police station area of ​​the district. In order to embezzle the land compensation amount and escape from the fraud case, accused Rakesh Telam had killed his grandfather Budhru Telam by stabbing him with a gupti.

The police arrested the accused Rakesh Telam, seized the Gupti used in the murder and after the proceedings, presented him before the court on Tuesday and sent the accused to jail. Police station in-charge Prahlad Kumar Sahu said that the accused has been produced in the CJM court Dantewada today and has been sent to jail.

In this matter, a report was lodged on January 15, 2024 by Raju Telam, resident of Aytupara Nerli. He told that on January 14, at around 11:30 pm, the power suddenly went off. At the same time, his mother Sunny Telami called out, “Someone is running away after killing your father.

When Raju came out of the house, he saw that the wooden gate of his house was tied with a wire. Nearby, the gate of his brother Bheema’s house was also found tied with a rope. Somehow, after removing the rope and wire, when they reached his mother’s house, Budhru was lying soaked in blood on the cot in Telam Parchi.

There was a serious injury on the right side of the head. He was immediately taken to NMDC Apollo Hospital Bacheli with the help of the village Sarpanch and Kotwar, where doctors declared him brought dead.

Police registered an FIR, during investigation it was revealed that the joint account land of village Nerli, in which Budhru Telam and other family members were account holders, was acquired in the year 2023 for laying the slurry pipeline, optical fiber cable and water pipeline of NMDC Limited from Bailadila to Nagarnar.

Land compensation released in September 2023. Investigation revealed that Rakesh Telam, claiming that his grandfather Budhru, Bhima and Joga were dead, took the check with his mother and brother and deposited it in his SBI account. Budhru and his sons Bhima and Raju came to know about this.

According to the police, Rakesh feared that he might get caught in the matter of taking the first installment fraudulently, and the remaining compensation might also be lost. For this reason he conspired to murder. After this, the electricity in the area was switched off by removing the switch of the nearby transformer.

Then after reaching Budhru’s house, he killed Gupti by hitting her 2-3 times on the head while she was sleeping and fled from the spot. Rakesh left the house between 11 and 12:30 pm on 14 January 2024. He first tied the gates of the house of both the sons of the deceased with rope and wire so that they could not go out.

After this, the electricity in the area was switched off by removing the switch of the nearby transformer. Then after reaching Budhru’s house, he killed Gupti by hitting her 2-3 times on the head while she was sleeping and fled from the spot. After continuous investigation and investigation, on March 2, 2026, the police detained the accused Rakesh Telam (26), resident of Aytupara Nerli, Police Station Bacheli. During interrogation he confessed to the murder. On his behest the Gupti used in the crime was seized.