<p>An assistant sub-inspector of police was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand for killing his girlfriend by crushing her head and then strangulating her.</p>.<p>Dharmendra Kumar Singh, 39, who was posted at the Sakchi police station, allegedly killed Varsha Patel and dumped her body in a pond in November 2021.</p>.<p>Principal District and Sessions Judge Amit Kumar Mishra sentenced Singh to life imprisonment after convicting him under IPC section 302 (murder).</p>.<p>Varsha, 32, a resident of South Park, went missing on November 12, 2021, and a complaint was registered at the Bistupur police station by her sister Jaya.</p>.<p>Singh was in a relationship with Varsha for over a year, according to police.</p>.<p>Singh told police that she was frequently blackmailing him to extort money and also preventing him from visiting his native place in Bhojpur district of Bihar, they said.</p>.<p>Fed up with the blackmailing, Singh took leave from duty and allegedly planned to kill her.</p>.<p>He took Varsha to his residence in the Telco area, and crushed Varsha's head before he strangulated her to death, following an altercation. He then stuffed her body in a plastic bag and dumped it in a pond in the Telco police station area.</p>.<p>Singh threw Varsha's belongings into the Subarnarekha river and her mobile phone in a bush in the Bistupur area. He then left for his native village in Bihar.</p>.<p>Sanitation workers spotted the decomposed body in the pond on November 18.</p>.<p>Varsha's family members identified the body by her gold bangles, chain and clothes, police said.</p>.<p>Following a thorough investigation, some suspects were detained for questioning and based on the evidence gathered, Singh was arrested from his native village.</p>
<p>An assistant sub-inspector of police was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand for killing his girlfriend by crushing her head and then strangulating her.</p>.<p>Dharmendra Kumar Singh, 39, who was posted at the Sakchi police station, allegedly killed Varsha Patel and dumped her body in a pond in November 2021.</p>.<p>Principal District and Sessions Judge Amit Kumar Mishra sentenced Singh to life imprisonment after convicting him under IPC section 302 (murder).</p>.<p>Varsha, 32, a resident of South Park, went missing on November 12, 2021, and a complaint was registered at the Bistupur police station by her sister Jaya.</p>.<p>Singh was in a relationship with Varsha for over a year, according to police.</p>.<p>Singh told police that she was frequently blackmailing him to extort money and also preventing him from visiting his native place in Bhojpur district of Bihar, they said.</p>.<p>Fed up with the blackmailing, Singh took leave from duty and allegedly planned to kill her.</p>.<p>He took Varsha to his residence in the Telco area, and crushed Varsha's head before he strangulated her to death, following an altercation. He then stuffed her body in a plastic bag and dumped it in a pond in the Telco police station area.</p>.<p>Singh threw Varsha's belongings into the Subarnarekha river and her mobile phone in a bush in the Bistupur area. He then left for his native village in Bihar.</p>.<p>Sanitation workers spotted the decomposed body in the pond on November 18.</p>.<p>Varsha's family members identified the body by her gold bangles, chain and clothes, police said.</p>.<p>Following a thorough investigation, some suspects were detained for questioning and based on the evidence gathered, Singh was arrested from his native village.</p>