Police discover skeleton buried ten years ago in Uttar Pradesh, uncover chilling crime

A son had registered a missing persons complaint for his mother, who was murdered in April 2025, police found after an investigation.

A chilling murder crime has made the headlines, where cops in Uttar Pradesh found askeleton after ten months. On Wednesday, Kanpur police uncovered a chilling crime: seven feet underground, they found a skeleton.

A skeleton was found after 10 months in UP’s Kanpur.

Police said that the skeleton was of Reshma, a 45-year-old mother of seven. It is alleged that Reshma was murdered by her lover, Gorelal, about 10 months back in April 2025. Her son Babloo had been looking for her and had asked Gorelal. He replied, “Your mother won’t return.” Babloo initially thought he was joking, but then Gorelal kept evading replies. Babloo became suspicious and filed a missing persons complaint on December 29. Gorelal has now been arrested in a case of murder. Three years ago, Reshma’s husband, RambabuSankhwar, had died. The couple has four sons and three daughters. Following her husband’s death, Reshma started a relationship with Gorelal, her neighbour. Soon after, she left her children and started living with Gorelal. Upset over her decision, Reshma’s children severed their ties with her.

Babloo kept looking for his mother, Reshma, and filed a missing persons complaint.

Babloo wasn’t in touch with his mother, but he had sent her an invitation to a family wedding on November 29. Reshma didn’t turn up, and this made Babloo suspicious. He went to Gorelal’s home and asked him about Reshma. “Your mother will never return” was Gorelal’s response. Babloo kept asking him, but he evaded a clear reply. Eventually, he approached the police. After Babloo’s complaint, the police detained Gorelal and started questioning him. Eventually, he confessed, revealing that in April last year, he and Reshma had fought, and to get rid of her, he had asked her to move in with her relatives. Reshma refused, and this led to frequent quarrels. During one such quarrel, Gorelal choked Reshma to death. For two days, he kept the body at home and thought of ways to dispose of it. Initially, he planned to throw it in a canal, but decided against it because the body would float to the water’s surface in a few days. He then decided to bury it in a deserted place in the village. He blurted out the location during interrogation, leading to the chilling recovery. Reshma’s bones have now been sent for forensic examination.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, DeependraNathChudhary, said Babloo suspected Gorelal and two others of killing his mother. Chudhary said, “Police started an investigation, and the accused was brought to the police station and questioned. Gore admitted to the crime. He said Reshma’s husband died three years back and that he was Reshma’s brother-in-law.”